Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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... opinion , fit only to make verses , and less qualified for business than Addison him- self . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation by the sense of his own incapacity ...
... opinion , fit only to make verses , and less qualified for business than Addison him- self . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degradation by the sense of his own incapacity ...
Page 206
... opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for if his general thoughts on women were such as he exhibits , a very little sense in a Lady would enrapture , and a very little virtue would astonish him . Stella's ...
... opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for if his general thoughts on women were such as he exhibits , a very little sense in a Lady would enrapture , and a very little virtue would astonish him . Stella's ...
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... opinion entertained of his friend through all that part of life when he must have been best able to form opinions . ' From this account of Young , two or three short passages , which stand almost together in Night Four , should not be ...
... opinion entertained of his friend through all that part of life when he must have been best able to form opinions . ' From this account of Young , two or three short passages , which stand almost together in Night Four , should not be ...
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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