Lives of the English Poets: Abraham Cowley. Sir John Denham. John Milton. Samuel Butler. Earl of Rochester. Earl of Roscommon. Thomas Otway. Edmund Waller. John Dryden. John Pomfret. Earl of Dorset. George Stepney. John Philips. William Walsh. Edmund Smith. Richard Duke. William King. Thomas Sprat. Earl of Halifax. Thomas Parnell. Samuel Garth. Nicholas Rowe. Joseph Addison. John Hughes. John Sheffield, duke of Buckinghamshire. Matthew PriorOxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 279
... pleasing must , however , be estimated by the means . Favour is not always gained by good actions or laudable qualities . Caresses and preferments are often bestowed on the auxiliaries of vice , the procurers of pleasure , or the ...
... pleasing must , however , be estimated by the means . Favour is not always gained by good actions or laudable qualities . Caresses and preferments are often bestowed on the auxiliaries of vice , the procurers of pleasure , or the ...
Page 432
... pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the product of good - luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes ...
... pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the product of good - luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes ...
Page 448
... pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shewn some- times as the phantom of a vision , sometimes appears half - veiled in an allegory ; sometimes attracts regard in the robes of fancy , and sometimes steps forth in the confi- dence ...
... pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shewn some- times as the phantom of a vision , sometimes appears half - veiled in an allegory ; sometimes attracts regard in the robes of fancy , and sometimes steps forth in the confi- dence ...
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