Pope's performance was universally preferred, and even Tickell himself yielded by anticipation.
Parnell, Tickell, and Prior belonged to the small band who had the taste to appreciate the unfashionable old ballad.
It is justly observed by Tickell that he employed wit on the side of virtue and religion.
Towards the close of 1712 Tickell published his poem on the Prospect of Peace.
Mr. Tickell soon came back reddish, but grinning, to say that nothing less than the captain would do.
