Its full title is An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory
, Anciently used in the English-Saxon Church. Giving an Account of the Conversion of the English from Paganism to Christianity. It...
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28 February 1712: The Whig physician-poet Sir Richard Blackmore...
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28 February 1712
The Whig physician-poet Sir Richard Blackmore
published his best-known work, the physico-theologicalCreation: a Philosophical Poem. Its grandiose style was praised by some respected critics of the day, but scorned by Pope
and his...
