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Excerpt from Three Centuries of English Literature His early fondness for poetry Becomes acquainted with W'ycherley, Addison, and Swift Publishes his Essay on Criticism The Rape of the Lock He translates Homer He quarrels with Addison The 'dunciad The Essay on Man The idea suggested by Bolingbroke Imitations of Horace Dies in 1744 His character and genius Extracts from the Rape of the Lock' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.