Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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... nature , which is incapable of faultless produc- tions . When an excellent Drama appears in publick , and by its intrinsick worth attracts a general applause , he is not stung with envy and spleen ; nor does he express a savage nature ...
... nature , which is incapable of faultless produc- tions . When an excellent Drama appears in publick , and by its intrinsick worth attracts a general applause , he is not stung with envy and spleen ; nor does he express a savage nature ...
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... Nature ran . He the great Spirit sung , that all things fill'd , That the tumultuous waves of Chaos still'd ; Whose nod dispos'd the jarring seeds to peace , And made the wars of hostile Atoms cease . All Beings we in fruitful Nature ...
... Nature ran . He the great Spirit sung , that all things fill'd , That the tumultuous waves of Chaos still'd ; Whose nod dispos'd the jarring seeds to peace , And made the wars of hostile Atoms cease . All Beings we in fruitful Nature ...
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... nature , with his observations on the operations of the mind and the modes of life , shew an intelligence perpetually on the wing , excursive , vigorous , and diligent , eager to pursue knowledge , and attentive to retain it . From this ...
... nature , with his observations on the operations of the mind and the modes of life , shew an intelligence perpetually on the wing , excursive , vigorous , and diligent , eager to pursue knowledge , and attentive to retain it . From this ...
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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