Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 173
... letters , he had too high a spirit , and determined only to write to some ministers of state , to try to regain his ... letter declares his resolution to publish a pamphlet , that the world might know how ' he had been used . ' This ...
... letters , he had too high a spirit , and determined only to write to some ministers of state , to try to regain his ... letter declares his resolution to publish a pamphlet , that the world might know how ' he had been used . ' This ...
Page 271
... Letters , except those of statesmen . Howel indeed , about a century ago , published his Letters , which are commended by Morhoff , and which alone of his hundred volumes continue his memory . Loveday's Letters were printed only once ...
... Letters , except those of statesmen . Howel indeed , about a century ago , published his Letters , which are commended by Morhoff , and which alone of his hundred volumes continue his memory . Loveday's Letters were printed only once ...
Page 299
... Letters of Pope are considered merely as composi- tions , they seem to be premeditated and artificial . It is one thing to write because there is something which the mind wishes to discharge , and another , to solicit the imagination ...
... Letters of Pope are considered merely as composi- tions , they seem to be premeditated and artificial . It is one thing to write because there is something which the mind wishes to discharge , and another , to solicit the imagination ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young