Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 38
... easily make a false estimate of his own importance : those whom their virtue restrains from deceiving others , are often disposed by their vanity to deceive themselves . Whether he promoted the Succes- sion or not , he at least approved ...
... easily make a false estimate of his own importance : those whom their virtue restrains from deceiving others , are often disposed by their vanity to deceive themselves . Whether he promoted the Succes- sion or not , he at least approved ...
Page 180
... easily engaged , and easily disgusted ; but he is ac- cused of retaining his hatred more tenaciously than his benevolence . He was compassionate both by nature and principle , and always ready to perform offices of humanity ; but when ...
... easily engaged , and easily disgusted ; but he is ac- cused of retaining his hatred more tenaciously than his benevolence . He was compassionate both by nature and principle , and always ready to perform offices of humanity ; but when ...
Page 268
... easily excused . Pope , in one of his Letters , complaining of the treat- ment which his poem had found , owns that such criticks can intimidate him , nay almost persuade him to write no more , which is a compliment this age deserves ...
... easily excused . Pope , in one of his Letters , complaining of the treat- ment which his poem had found , owns that such criticks can intimidate him , nay almost persuade him to write no more , which is a compliment this age deserves ...
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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