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... expected succeeding ages to regard with veneration . His affection was natural ; it had undoubtedly been written with great labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge ...
... expected succeeding ages to regard with veneration . His affection was natural ; it had undoubtedly been written with great labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge ...
Page 44
... friend's book . " He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his censurers , which he expresses in language such 44 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... friend's book . " He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his censurers , which he expresses in language such 44 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 53
... expected from the common tenor of his prose : - " As the several combinations of splenetic madness and folly produce an infinite variety of irregular under- standing , so the amicable accommodation and alliance be- tween several virtues ...
... expected from the common tenor of his prose : - " As the several combinations of splenetic madness and folly produce an infinite variety of irregular under- standing , so the amicable accommodation and alliance be- tween several virtues ...
Page 56
... expected that I should be able to give a critical account . I have been told that there is something in them of vexation and discontent , discovered by a per- petual attempt to degrade physic from its sublimity , and to represent it as ...
... expected that I should be able to give a critical account . I have been told that there is something in them of vexation and discontent , discovered by a per- petual attempt to degrade physic from its sublimity , and to represent it as ...
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... expected to dictate . He supposes him- self to be asked two questions ; whether the essay will succeed , and who or what is the author . Its success he admits to be secured by the false opinions then prevalent ; the author he concludes ...
... expected to dictate . He supposes him- self to be asked two questions ; whether the essay will succeed , and who or what is the author . Its success he admits to be secured by the false opinions then prevalent ; the author he concludes ...
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Addison afterwards appear Atrides Battle of Ramillies beauties Binfield Blackmore Boileau Bolingbroke censure character Cibber composition Congreve considered contempt copies couplet criticism Curll declared delight Dennis desire diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Earl of Oxford edition elegance endeavoured English poets Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence fame faults favour friends friendship genius Halifax heroes Homer honour Iliad images imitation judgment kind King known labour language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mind nature never numbers o'er opinion original performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise present printed Prior prose published readers reason remarks reputation RICHARD HAKLUYT ridicule SAMUEL JOHNSON satire says seems sometimes supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation verses versification virtue volume Warburton Westminster Abbey write written wrote