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 158
... present time is very different from that of the last century . In this country an academy could be expected to do but little . If an academician's place were profitable , it would be given by interest ; if attendance were gratuitous ...
... present time is very different from that of the last century . In this country an academy could be expected to do but little . If an academician's place were profitable , it would be given by interest ; if attendance were gratuitous ...
Page 230
... present writers are by these wretches reduced to the same condition Virgil was , when the centurion seized on his estate . But I don't doubt but I can fix upon the Maecenas of the present age , that will retrieve them from it . But ...
... present writers are by these wretches reduced to the same condition Virgil was , when the centurion seized on his estate . But I don't doubt but I can fix upon the Maecenas of the present age , that will retrieve them from it . But ...
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... present Majesty , and the present Government ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excuse . The same year , being clerk of the closet to the king , he was made dean of the chapel - royal ...
... present Majesty , and the present Government ; a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excuse . The same year , being clerk of the closet to the king , he was made dean of the chapel - royal ...
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action Addison admiration afterwards appears beauties believe better called character common compositions considered continued Cowley criticism death delight desire Dryden Earl easily effect elegance English equal excellence expected expression favour formed friends genius give given hand hope images imagination imitation Italy kind King knowledge known labour language Latin learning least less lines lived lord lost manner means mention Milton mind nature never numbers observed occasion once opinion original passed performance perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise present probably produced publick published reader reason received relates remarks rhyme says seems sent sentiments shew sometimes supply supposed tell thing thought tion told tragedy translation true verses Waller whole write written wrote