Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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... formed at once ; the words did not come till they were called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more rigid stateliness ...
... formed at once ; the words did not come till they were called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more rigid stateliness ...
Page 192
... formed ; and was one of the sixteen Ministers , or agents of the Ministry , who met weekly at each other's houses , and were united by the name of Brother . Being not immediately considered as an obdurate Tory , he conversed ...
... formed ; and was one of the sixteen Ministers , or agents of the Ministry , who met weekly at each other's houses , and were united by the name of Brother . Being not immediately considered as an obdurate Tory , he conversed ...
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... formed a new design , he then laboured it with very patient industry , and that he composed with great labour , and frequent revisions . His verses are formed by no certain model ; he 438 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... formed a new design , he then laboured it with very patient industry , and that he composed with great labour , and frequent revisions . His verses are formed by no certain model ; he 438 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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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