Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 356
... pleasure of seeing once more a sister , who so truly deserved my esteem and love . But she is happy , while we must ... pleasures of my life . - But enough of this melan- choly though not unpleasing strain . ' I esteem you for your ...
... pleasure of seeing once more a sister , who so truly deserved my esteem and love . But she is happy , while we must ... pleasures of my life . - But enough of this melan- choly though not unpleasing strain . ' I esteem you for your ...
Page 394
... pleasure in vain , In time may have comfort for me . His Levities are by their title exempted from the severi- ties of criticism ; yet it may be remarked , in a few words , that his humour is sometimes gross , and seldom spritely . Of ...
... pleasure in vain , In time may have comfort for me . His Levities are by their title exempted from the severi- ties of criticism ; yet it may be remarked , in a few words , that his humour is sometimes gross , and seldom spritely . Of ...
Page 411
... pleasure . Nor can I account for the pleasure of rhyme in general ( of which the moderns are too fond ) but from this truth . " Yet the moderns surely deserve not much censure for their fondness of what , by his own confession , affords ...
... pleasure . Nor can I account for the pleasure of rhyme in general ( of which the moderns are too fond ) but from this truth . " Yet the moderns surely deserve not much censure for their fondness of what , by his own confession , affords ...
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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