Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... English poets ; and he was one of the first that resolutely endeavoured at correctness . He never sacrifices accuracy to haste , nor indulges himself in contemptuous negligence , or im- patient idleness ; he has no careless lines , or ...
... English poets ; and he was one of the first that resolutely endeavoured at correctness . He never sacrifices accuracy to haste , nor indulges himself in contemptuous negligence , or im- patient idleness ; he has no careless lines , or ...
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... English . He translated likewise the Epistle of Sappho to Phaon from Ovid , to complete the version , which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets ...
... English . He translated likewise the Epistle of Sappho to Phaon from Ovid , to complete the version , which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets ...
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... English poetry can 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 ...
... English poetry can 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 ...
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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