Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 418
... Night Thoughts , no one expression can be discovered which betrays any thing like the father . In the second Night I find an expression which betrays something else ; that Lorenzo was his friend ; one , it is possible , of his former ...
... Night Thoughts , no one expression can be discovered which betrays any thing like the father . In the second Night I find an expression which betrays something else ; that Lorenzo was his friend ; one , it is possible , of his former ...
Page 419
... Night , the address to the Poet's supposed son is , Lorenzo , Fortune makes her court to thee . In the fifth Night— And burns Lorenzo still for the sublime Of life ? to hang his airy nest on high ? ' Is this a picture of the son of the ...
... Night , the address to the Poet's supposed son is , Lorenzo , Fortune makes her court to thee . In the fifth Night— And burns Lorenzo still for the sublime Of life ? to hang his airy nest on high ? ' Is this a picture of the son of the ...
Page 420
... Night Thoughts would seem to prove , did not a passage in Night Eight appear to shew that he had somebody in his eye for the groundwork at least of the painting . Lovelace or Lorenzo may be feigned characters ; but a writer does not ...
... Night Thoughts would seem to prove , did not a passage in Night Eight appear to shew that he had somebody in his eye for the groundwork at least of the painting . Lovelace or Lorenzo may be feigned characters ; but a writer does not ...
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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