Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 134
... numbers in his favour . But though this might be some gratification of his vanity , it afforded very little relief to his necessities ; and he was very frequently reduced to uncommon hardships , of which , however , he never made any ...
... numbers in his favour . But though this might be some gratification of his vanity , it afforded very little relief to his necessities ; and he was very frequently reduced to uncommon hardships , of which , however , he never made any ...
Page 242
... number is very small of those who find much in the Greek more than in the Latin , except the musick of the numbers . If more help was wanting , he had the poetical trans- lation of Eobanus Hessus , an unwearied writer of Latin verses ...
... number is very small of those who find much in the Greek more than in the Latin , except the musick of the numbers . If more help was wanting , he had the poetical trans- lation of Eobanus Hessus , an unwearied writer of Latin verses ...
Page 312
... numbers . It may be alleged , that Pindar is said by Horace to have written numeris lege solutis : but as no such lax performances have been transmitted to us , the meaning of that expres- sion cannot be fixed ; and perhaps the like ...
... numbers . It may be alleged , that Pindar is said by Horace to have written numeris lege solutis : but as no such lax performances have been transmitted to us , the meaning of that expres- sion cannot be fixed ; and perhaps the like ...
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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