Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 37
... censure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of Molineux , which are found in their printed Letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It ...
... censure may be opposed the approbation of Locke and the admiration of Molineux , which are found in their printed Letters . Molineux is particularly delighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It ...
Page 371
... censure the corruptions of the Church ; and from him Spenser learned to employ his swains on topicks of controversy ... censured for remote thoughts and unnatural refinements ; and , upon the whole , the Italians and French are all ...
... censure the corruptions of the Church ; and from him Spenser learned to employ his swains on topicks of controversy ... censured for remote thoughts and unnatural refinements ; and , upon the whole , the Italians and French are all ...
Page 427
... censured for his " fall from Homer's numbers , free as air , lofty and harmonious as the spheres , into childish ... censure , Flattery's praise , With unmov'd indifference view ; Learn to tread Life's dangerous maze , With unerring ...
... censured for his " fall from Homer's numbers , free as air , lofty and harmonious as the spheres , into childish ... censure , Flattery's praise , With unmov'd indifference view ; Learn to tread Life's dangerous maze , With unerring ...
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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