Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... human nature , by contemplating life from its highest gradations to its lowest ; and , had he afterwards applied to dramatick poetry , he would perhaps not have had many superiors ; for as he never suffered any scene to pass before his ...
... human nature , by contemplating life from its highest gradations to its lowest ; and , had he afterwards applied to dramatick poetry , he would perhaps not have had many superiors ; for as he never suffered any scene to pass before his ...
Page 232
... human shape , as his unthinking immaterial part does from human understanding . ' Thus began the hos- tility between Pope and Dennis , which , though it was suspended for a short time , never was appeased . Pope seems , at first , to ...
... human shape , as his unthinking immaterial part does from human understanding . ' Thus began the hos- tility between Pope and Dennis , which , though it was suspended for a short time , never was appeased . Pope seems , at first , to ...
Page 280
... Human characters are by no means constant ; men change by change of place , of fortune , of acquaintance ; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure , is at another a lover of money . Those indeed who attain any excellence , commonly ...
... Human characters are by no means constant ; men change by change of place , of fortune , of acquaintance ; he who is at one time a lover of pleasure , is at another a lover of money . Those indeed who attain any excellence , commonly ...
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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