Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , If Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer , though a definition which shall exclude Pope will ...
... poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , If Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer , though a definition which shall exclude Pope will ...
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... poet of bulk or dignity sufficient to require an elaborate criticism . Grongar Hill is the happiest of his productions : it is not indeed very accurately written ; but the scenes which it displays are so pleasing , the images which they ...
... poet of bulk or dignity sufficient to require an elaborate criticism . Grongar Hill is the happiest of his productions : it is not indeed very accurately written ; but the scenes which it displays are so pleasing , the images which they ...
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... Poet . His fellowship of Winchester he resigned in favour of a Mr. Harris , who married his only daughter . The Dean died at Sarum , after a short illness , in 1705 , in the sixty - third year of his age . On the Sunday after his ...
... Poet . His fellowship of Winchester he resigned in favour of a Mr. Harris , who married his only daughter . The Dean died at Sarum , after a short illness , in 1705 , in the sixty - third year of his age . On the Sunday after his ...
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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