Alexander Pope
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tion ; and if such joint-stock undertakings were practicable in literature, it would be diflScult to collect a more brilliant set of contributors. After Swift — the terrible humourist of whom we can hardly think without a mix- ture of horror and compassion — the chief members were Atterbury, Arbuthnot, Gay, Pamell, and Pope himself.
Pamell, an amiable man, died in 1717, leaving works which were edited by Pope in 1722. Atterbury, a potential Wolsey or Laud bom in an uncongenial period, wa...s a man of fine literary taste — a warm admirer of Milton (though he did exhort Pope to put Samson Agonistes into civilised costume — one of the most un- lucky suggestions ever made by mortal man), a judicious critic of Pope himself, and one who had already given proofs of his capacity in literary warfare by his share in the famous controversy with Bentley. Though no one now doubts the measureless superiority of Bentley, the clique of Swift and Pope still cherished the belief that the wit of Atterbury and his allies had triumphed over the ponderous learning of the pedant.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
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tion ; and if such joint-stock undertakings were practicable in literature, it would be diflScult to collect a more brilliant set of contributors. After Swift — the terrible humourist of whom we can hardly think without a mix- ture of horror and compassion — the chief members were Atterbury, Arbuthnot, Gay, Pamell, and Pope himself.
Pamell, an amiable man, died in 1717, leaving works which were edited by Pope in 1722. Atterbury, a potential Wolsey or Laud bom in an uncongenial period, wa...s a man of fine literary taste — a warm admirer of Milton (though he did exhort Pope to put Samson Agonistes into civilised costume — one of the most un- lucky suggestions ever made by mortal man), a judicious critic of Pope himself, and one who had already given proofs of his capacity in literary warfare by his share in the famous controversy with Bentley. Though no one now doubts the measureless superiority of Bentley, the clique of Swift and Pope still cherished the belief that the wit of Atterbury and his allies had triumphed over the ponderous learning of the pedant.
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