Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 49
... wrote on as he had written before , and never turned aside to quiet them by civility , or repress them by confutation . He depended with great security on his own powers , and perhaps was for that reason less diligent in perusing books ...
... wrote on as he had written before , and never turned aside to quiet them by civility , or repress them by confutation . He depended with great security on his own powers , and perhaps was for that reason less diligent in perusing books ...
Page 371
... wrote Arcadia in prose and verse ; Tasso and Guarini wrote Favole Boscareccie , or Sylvan Dramas ; and all nations of Europe filled volumes with Thyrsis and Damon , and Thestylis and Phyllis . Philips thinks it somewhat strange to ...
... wrote Arcadia in prose and verse ; Tasso and Guarini wrote Favole Boscareccie , or Sylvan Dramas ; and all nations of Europe filled volumes with Thyrsis and Damon , and Thestylis and Phyllis . Philips thinks it somewhat strange to ...
Page 444
... wrote a letter of accusation under the character of a Plain Man . The paper was with great industry circulated and dispersed ; and he , for his seasonable intervention , had a considerable pension bestowed upon him , which he retained ...
... wrote a letter of accusation under the character of a Plain Man . The paper was with great industry circulated and dispersed ; and he , for his seasonable intervention , had a considerable pension bestowed upon him , which he retained ...
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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