Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 47
... expected that I should be able to give a critical account . I have been told that there is something in them of vexa- tion and discontent , discovered by a perpetual attempt to degrade physick 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 vexa- tion and discontent , discovered by a perpetual attempt to degrade physick from its sublimity , and to represent it as ...
Page 126
... expected that the wine should be paid for by him that drank it , his method of composition was , to take them with him to his own apartment , assume the government of the house , and order the butler in an imperious manner to set the ...
... expected that the wine should be paid for by him that drank it , his method of composition was , to take them with him to his own apartment , assume the government of the house , and order the butler in an imperious manner to set the ...
Page 268
... expected death , for she had lasted to the age of ninety- three ; but she did not die unlamented . The filial piety of Pope was in the highest degree amiable and exemplary ; his parents had the happiness of living till he was at the ...
... expected death , for she had lasted to the age of ninety- three ; but she did not die unlamented . The filial piety of Pope was in the highest degree amiable and exemplary ; his parents had the happiness of living till he was at the ...
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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