Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 32
... merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his election passed with- out a contest , adds that if he proposed himself for King he would hardly have been refused . His zeal for his party did not extinguish his ...
... merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his election passed with- out a contest , adds that if he proposed himself for King he would hardly have been refused . His zeal for his party did not extinguish his ...
Page 33
... merit . He demanded to be the first name in modern wit ; and , with Steele to echo him , used to depreciate Dryden , whom Pope and Congreve defended against them . There is no reason to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the pre ...
... merit . He demanded to be the first name in modern wit ; and , with Steele to echo him , used to depreciate Dryden , whom Pope and Congreve defended against them . There is no reason to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the pre ...
Page 38
... merit . It is more correct , with less appearance of labour , and more elegant , with less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There is , however , one broken metaphor , of which notice may properly be taken : - " Fired ...
... merit . It is more correct , with less appearance of labour , and more elegant , with less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There is , however , one broken metaphor , of which notice may properly be taken : - " Fired ...
Page 43
... merit , and scorns to make a cabal . That people come coolly to the representation of such a tragedy , without any violent expectation , or delusive imagination , or invincible prepossession ; that such an audience is liable to receive ...
... merit , and scorns to make a cabal . That people come coolly to the representation of such a tragedy , without any violent expectation , or delusive imagination , or invincible prepossession ; that such an audience is liable to receive ...
Page 44
... merits or demerits , they must be punished or rewarded . If this is not done , there is no impartial distribution of poetical justice , no instruc- tive lecture of a particular Providence , and no imitation of the Divine Dispensation ...
... merits or demerits , they must be punished or rewarded . If this is not done , there is no impartial distribution of poetical justice , no instruc- tive lecture of a particular Providence , and no imitation of the Divine Dispensation ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius honour Illustrated imagined Ireland Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric passion pension performance perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise promise published queen R. L. STEVENSON reader reason received regard resentment resolution retired Richard Savage ROBERT STAWELL BALL SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Savage's says Sempronius sent sentiments Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon Spectator STANLEY WEYMAN Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Vols Whigs write wrote