"Philips writeth verses in a sledge upon the frozen sea," wrote Swift, "and transmits them hither to thrive in our warm climate under the shelter of my Lord Dorset." Addison refers to this poem by Ambrose Philips in No. 223 of the Spectator, and Pope commends it.
The sixth and last volume of Tonson's "Miscellany" opens with Philips' Pastorals, and closes with those of Pope.
"Almanzor and Almahide; or, The Conquest of Granada. The Second Part," act i. sc. I.