Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... plays he recognised the wit but condemned the morals , and in the case of Blackmore the regard for the religious purpose of Blackmore's poem on " The Creation " gave to Johnson , as to Addison , an undue sense of its literary value ...
... plays he recognised the wit but condemned the morals , and in the case of Blackmore the regard for the religious purpose of Blackmore's poem on " The Creation " gave to Johnson , as to Addison , an undue sense of its literary value ...
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... played the moralist , and Coningsby the Christian , but both very awkwardly . " The messenger , in whose custody he was to be placed , was then called , and very indecently asked by Coningsby " if his house was secured by bars and bolts ...
... played the moralist , and Coningsby the Christian , but both very awkwardly . " The messenger , in whose custody he was to be placed , was then called , and very indecently asked by Coningsby " if his house was secured by bars and bolts ...
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... play ; but they found it deficient in some things necessary to the success of its exhibition , and by their greater ... plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer , for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who im- mediately ...
... play ; but they found it deficient in some things necessary to the success of its exhibition , and by their greater ... plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer , for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who im- mediately ...
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... plays the honour of her presence ; and when she died soon after , Congreve testified his gratitude by a despicable ... play was opened the New Theatre , under the direction of Betterton , the tragedian , where 32 22 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... plays the honour of her presence ; and when she died soon after , Congreve testified his gratitude by a despicable ... play was opened the New Theatre , under the direction of Betterton , the tragedian , where 32 22 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity ; there is more ... plays before he had passed his twenty- fifth year , before other men , even such as are some time to shine in ...
... play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity ; there is more ... plays before he had passed his twenty- fifth year , before other men , even such as are some time to shine in ...
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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