Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... verse of Prior . Boswell quoted a censure by Lord Hailes of " those impure tales which will be the eternal opprobrium of their ingenious author . " Johnson replied , " Sir , Lord Hailes has forgot . There is nothing in Prior that will ...
... verse of Prior . Boswell quoted a censure by Lord Hailes of " those impure tales which will be the eternal opprobrium of their ingenious author . " Johnson replied , " Sir , Lord Hailes has forgot . There is nothing in Prior that will ...
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... verses written , which , though nothing is said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason for imagining that ...
... verses written , which , though nothing is said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason for imagining that ...
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... verses omitted to bring his tribute of tuneful sorrow . An emulation of elegy was universal . Mary's praise was not confined to the English language , but fills a great part of the Musa Anglicanæ . Prior , who was both a poet and a ...
... verses omitted to bring his tribute of tuneful sorrow . An emulation of elegy was universal . Mary's praise was not confined to the English language , but fills a great part of the Musa Anglicanæ . Prior , who was both a poet and a ...
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... verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; he considered him as a ...
... verse or prose . His whole life had been action , and none ever denied him the resplendent qualities of steady resolution and personal courage . He was really in Prior's mind what he represents him in his verses ; he considered him as a ...
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... verses . When the Battle of Blenheim called forth all the verse- men , Prior , among the rest , took care to show his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an epistle to Boileau . He published , soon afterwards , a volume ...
... verses . When the Battle of Blenheim called forth all the verse- men , Prior , among the rest , took care to show his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an epistle to Boileau . He published , soon afterwards , a volume ...
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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