Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 36
... says , of Dr. Sydenham what authors he should read , and was directed by Sydenham to Don Quixote ; which , said he , is a very good book ; I read it still . The perverseness of mankind makes it often mischievous in men of eminence to ...
... says , of Dr. Sydenham what authors he should read , and was directed by Sydenham to Don Quixote ; which , said he , is a very good book ; I read it still . The perverseness of mankind makes it often mischievous in men of eminence to ...
Page 287
... says , with all the virulence of a Wit out of his senses ; to which he replied , ' that he would take no other ... say of Cibber nobody enquired , but in hope that Pope's asperity might betray his pain and lessen his dignity . He should ...
... says , with all the virulence of a Wit out of his senses ; to which he replied , ' that he would take no other ... say of Cibber nobody enquired , but in hope that Pope's asperity might betray his pain and lessen his dignity . He should ...
Page 438
... says of Tyre , that her Merchants are Princes ; Young says of Tyre in his Merchant , Her merchants Princes , and each deck a Throne . Let burlesque try to go beyond him . He has the trick of joining the turgid and familiar : to buy the ...
... says of Tyre , that her Merchants are Princes ; Young says of Tyre in his Merchant , Her merchants Princes , and each deck a Throne . Let burlesque try to go beyond him . He has the trick of joining the turgid and familiar : to buy the ...
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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