Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 53
... mean arts and dishonourable shifts . Whoever mentioned Fenton mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury , must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is impossible to trace Fenton from year to year , or to discover what means ...
... mean arts and dishonourable shifts . Whoever mentioned Fenton mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury , must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is impossible to trace Fenton from year to year , or to discover what means ...
Page 267
... mean solicitation , that Pope was reduced to sneak and shuffle , sometimes to deny , and sometimes to apologize ; he first endeavours to wound , and is then afraid to own that he meant a blow . The Dunciad , in the complete edition , is ...
... mean solicitation , that Pope was reduced to sneak and shuffle , sometimes to deny , and sometimes to apologize ; he first endeavours to wound , and is then afraid to own that he meant a blow . The Dunciad , in the complete edition , is ...
Page 341
... mean any- thing , must mean the same . That Gay was a man in wit is a very frigid commenda- tion ; to have the wit of a man is not much for a poet . The wit of man , and the simplicity of a child , make a poor and vulgar contrast , and ...
... mean any- thing , must mean the same . That Gay was a man in wit is a very frigid commenda- tion ; to have the wit of a man is not much for a poet . The wit of man , and the simplicity of a child , make a poor and vulgar contrast , and ...
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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