Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 232
... human shape , as his unthinking immaterial part does from human understanding . ' Thus began the hos- tility between Pope and Dennis , which , though it was suspended for a short time , never was appeased . Pope seems , at first , to ...
... human shape , as his unthinking immaterial part does from human understanding . ' Thus began the hos- tility between Pope and Dennis , which , though it was suspended for a short time , never was appeased . Pope seems , at first , to ...
Page 280
... Human characters are by no means constant ; men change by change of place , of fortune , of acquaintance ; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure , is at another a lover of money . Those indeed who attain any excellence , commonly ...
... Human characters are by no means constant ; men change by change of place , of fortune , of acquaintance ; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure , is at another a lover of money . Those indeed who attain any excellence , commonly ...
Page 401
... human praise or human flattery even less general than this are of little consequence . If Young thought the dedication contained only the praise of truth , he should not have omitted it in his works . Was he conscious of the ...
... human praise or human flattery even less general than this are of little consequence . If Young thought the dedication contained only the praise of truth , he should not have omitted it in his works . Was he conscious of 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