Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 408
... poetry , with the addition , “ that Poetry , like Love , is a little subject to blindness , which makes her mistake her way to prefer- ments and honours ; and that she retains a dutiful admira- tion of her father's family ; but divides ...
... poetry , with the addition , “ that Poetry , like Love , is a little subject to blindness , which makes her mistake her way to prefer- ments and honours ; and that she retains a dutiful admira- tion of her father's family ; but divides ...
Page 411
... poets fill quite so many volumes , if all their productions were to be tried , like this , by an elaborate essay on each particular species of poetry of which they exhibit specimens ? ' If Young be not a Lyrick poet , he is at least a ...
... poets fill quite so many volumes , if all their productions were to be tried , like this , by an elaborate essay on each particular species of poetry of which they exhibit specimens ? ' If Young be not a Lyrick poet , he is at least a ...
Page 413
... poetry , and sent into the world Imperium Pelagi ; a Naval Lyric , written in Imitation of Pindar's Spirit , occasioned by His Majesty's Return from Hanover , September 1729 , and the succeeding Peace . It is inscribed to the Duke of ...
... poetry , and sent into the world Imperium Pelagi ; a Naval Lyric , written in Imitation of Pindar's Spirit , occasioned by His Majesty's Return from Hanover , September 1729 , and the succeeding Peace . It is inscribed to the Duke of ...
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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