Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 41
... character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation . " The first I shall name is Mr. Johnson , a gentleman that owes to Nature excellent faculties and an elevated genius ...
... character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation . " The first I shall name is Mr. Johnson , a gentleman that owes to Nature excellent faculties and an elevated genius ...
Page 338
... character , and of the sister tells nothing but that she died . The difficulty in writing epitaphs is to give a particular and appropriate praise . This , however , is not always to be performed , whatever be the diligence or ability of ...
... character , and of the sister tells nothing but that she died . The difficulty in writing epitaphs is to give a particular and appropriate praise . This , however , is not always to be performed , whatever be the diligence or ability of ...
Page 418
... character completely detestable , and succeeded at last in bringing his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave . " The humanity of the world , little satisfied with in- venting perhaps a melancholy disposition for the father , proceeds ...
... character completely detestable , and succeeded at last in bringing his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave . " The humanity of the world , little satisfied with in- venting perhaps a melancholy disposition for the father , proceeds ...
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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