Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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... happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a skilful versifier , resolved at all adventures to write ...
... happy ; for they are not dictated by nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit , the dull exercises of a skilful versifier , resolved at all adventures to write ...
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Samuel Johnson. The lovers of musical devotion have always wished for a more happy metrical version than they have yet obtained of the book of Psalms ; this wish the piety of Blackmore led him to gratify , and he produced ( 1721 ) a new ...
Samuel Johnson. The lovers of musical devotion have always wished for a more happy metrical version than they have yet obtained of the book of Psalms ; this wish the piety of Blackmore led him to gratify , and he produced ( 1721 ) a new ...
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... happy if he had immediately departed for London ; but his negligence did not suffer him to consider , that such proofs of kindness were not often to be expected , and that this ardour of benevolence was in a great degree the effect of ...
... happy if he had immediately departed for London ; but his negligence did not suffer him to consider , that such proofs of kindness were not often to be expected , and that this ardour of benevolence was in a great degree the effect of ...
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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