Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 36
... whole life ; and for fifteen years before had not written an hundred verses , except one copy of Latin verses in praise of a friend's book . He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ...
... whole life ; and for fifteen years before had not written an hundred verses , except one copy of Latin verses in praise of a friend's book . He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ...
Page 124
... whole performance is not so much a regular fabrick , as a heap of shining materials thrown together by accident , which strikes rather with the solemn magni- ficence of a stupendous ruin , than the elegant grandeur of a finished pile ...
... whole performance is not so much a regular fabrick , as a heap of shining materials thrown together by accident , which strikes rather with the solemn magni- ficence of a stupendous ruin , than the elegant grandeur of a finished pile ...
Page 437
... whole , and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese Plantation , the magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity . His last poem was the Resignation ; in which he made , as he was accustomed , an ...
... whole , and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese Plantation , the magnificence of vast extent and endless diversity . His last poem was the Resignation ; in which he made , as he was accustomed , an ...
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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