Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 121
... thought themselves their superiors , as they were eminent for their hereditary rank , and em- ployed in the highest offices of the kingdom . But this is only an instance of that partiality which almost every man indulges with regard to ...
... thought themselves their superiors , as they were eminent for their hereditary rank , and em- ployed in the highest offices of the kingdom . But this is only an instance of that partiality which almost every man indulges with regard to ...
Page 261
... thought , he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critick without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ...
... thought , he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critick without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ...
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... thought ev'n gold might come a day too late ; Nor on his subtle death - bed plann'd his scheme For future vacancies in church or state . Deduct from the writer's age twice told the period spent on stubborn Troy , and you will still ...
... thought ev'n gold might come a day too late ; Nor on his subtle death - bed plann'd his scheme For future vacancies in church or state . Deduct from the writer's age twice told the period spent on stubborn Troy , and you will still ...
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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