Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 128
... remarkable , not only for the gaiety of the ideas , and the melody of the numbers , but for the agree- able fiction upon which it is formed . Mirth , overwhelmed with sorrow for the sickness of her favourite , takes a flight in quest of ...
... remarkable , not only for the gaiety of the ideas , and the melody of the numbers , but for the agree- able fiction upon which it is formed . Mirth , overwhelmed with sorrow for the sickness of her favourite , takes a flight in quest of ...
Page 153
... remarkable for moderation in his prosperity , left a message , that he desired to see him about nine in the morning . Savage knew that his intention was to assist him ; but was very much disgusted that he should presume to prescribe the ...
... remarkable for moderation in his prosperity , left a message , that he desired to see him about nine in the morning . Savage knew that his intention was to assist him ; but was very much disgusted that he should presume to prescribe the ...
Page 296
... remarkable , that , so near his time , so much should be known of what he has written , and so little of what he has said : traditional memory retains no sallies of raillery , nor sentences of observation ; nothing either pointed or ...
... remarkable , that , so near his time , so much should be known of what he has written , and so little of what he has said : traditional memory retains no sallies of raillery , nor sentences of observation ; nothing either pointed or ...
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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