Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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... shew . SPENSER . She flying from heaven's hated face , And from the world that her discover'd wide , Fled to the wasteful wilderness apace , From living eyes her open shame to hide , And lurk'd in rocks and caves long unespy'd . But ...
... shew . SPENSER . She flying from heaven's hated face , And from the world that her discover'd wide , Fled to the wasteful wilderness apace , From living eyes her open shame to hide , And lurk'd in rocks and caves long unespy'd . But ...
Page 61
... shew , that if it be necessary to copy nature with minuteness , rural life must be exhibited such as grossness and ig- norance have made it . So far the plan was reasonable ; but the Pastorals are introduced by a Proeme , written with ...
... shew , that if it be necessary to copy nature with minuteness , rural life must be exhibited such as grossness and ig- norance have made it . So far the plan was reasonable ; but the Pastorals are introduced by a Proeme , written with ...
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... shew . A simile , to be perfect , must both illustrate and ennoble the subject ; must shew it to the understanding in a clearer view , and display it to the fancy with greater dignity ; but either of these qualities may be sufficient to ...
... shew . A simile , to be perfect , must both illustrate and ennoble the subject ; must shew it to the understanding in a clearer view , and display it to the fancy with greater dignity ; but either of these qualities may be sufficient to ...
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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