Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... Dryden frequented , and pleased himself with having seen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that ...
... Dryden frequented , and pleased himself with having seen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that ...
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... Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick , and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for ...
... Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick , and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for ...
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... Dryden ; for he has far outgone other competitors . Dryden's plan is better chosen ; history will always take stronger hold of the attention than fable : the passions excited by Dryden are the pleasures and pains of real life , the ...
... Dryden ; for he has far outgone other competitors . Dryden's plan is better chosen ; history will always take stronger hold of the attention than fable : the passions excited by Dryden are the pleasures and pains of real life , the ...
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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 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