Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 200
... attention of the publick being by this out- rageous resentment turned upon the proposal , the author was by consequence made popular . In 1723 died Mrs. Van Homrigh , a woman made unhappy by her admiration of wit , and ignominiously ...
... attention of the publick being by this out- rageous resentment turned upon the proposal , the author was by consequence made popular . In 1723 died Mrs. Van Homrigh , a woman made unhappy by her admiration of wit , and ignominiously ...
Page 217
... attention to all those that preached in his cathedral , in order to their amendment in pronunciation and style ; as also his remarkable atten- tion to the interest of his successors , preferably to his own present emoluments ...
... attention to all those that preached in his cathedral , in order to their amendment in pronunciation and style ; as also his remarkable atten- tion to the interest of his successors , preferably to his own present emoluments ...
Page 310
... attention to Waller's poem on The Park ; but Pope cannot be denied to excel his masters in variety and elegance , and the art of interchanging description , narrative , and morality . The objection made by Dennis is the want of plan ...
... attention to Waller's poem on The Park ; but Pope cannot be denied to excel his masters in variety and elegance , and the art of interchanging description , narrative , and morality . The objection made by Dennis is the want of plan ...
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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