English society of the eighteenth century in contemporary art (1907)
Davies, Randall, 1866-1946 · London, Seeley and co., limited; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 42
e, andPope illuminated the preceding period with a glow that even a fire-brand like Swift rarely outshone. What Hogarths career would have been but for his early successwith The Harlots Progress, it is,, of course, impossible to say;but, as it happened, that was the great turning point, and,… … HOGARTH ^ND HIS TIMES 21 more besides. The success of The Harlots Progress was pheno-menal. The familiarity of the subject (as Nichols observes), and thepropriety of its execution made it tasted by all ranks of people, sothat above twelve hundred names were entered in the subscriptionbook. Cibber…
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