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... poet . In the conclusion it is sufficiently acknowledged that the doctrine of the Essay on Man was received from Bolingbroke , who is said to have ridiculed Pope , among those who enjoyed his confidence , as LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS 299.
... poet . In the conclusion it is sufficiently acknowledged that the doctrine of the Essay on Man was received from Bolingbroke , who is said to have ridiculed Pope , among those who enjoyed his confidence , as LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS 299.
Page 322
... Bolingbroke , and if he should not be living , to the Earl of Marchmont ; undoubtedly ex- pecting them to be proud of the trust , and eager to extend his fame . But let no man dream of in- fluence beyond his life . After a decent time ...
... Bolingbroke , and if he should not be living , to the Earl of Marchmont ; undoubtedly ex- pecting them to be proud of the trust , and eager to extend his fame . But let no man dream of in- fluence beyond his life . After a decent time ...
Page 337
... Bolingbroke could have no motive inconsistent with the warmest affection ; he either thought the action so near to in- different that he forgot it , or so laudable that he ex- pected his friend to approve it . It was reported , with ...
... Bolingbroke could have no motive inconsistent with the warmest affection ; he either thought the action so near to in- different that he forgot it , or so laudable that he ex- pected his friend to approve it . It was reported , with ...
Contents
From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards allowed appeared Atrides beauties Bolingbroke censure character Cibber confessed considered contempt COWLEY criticism death declared delighted diction dignity diligence discovered DONNE Dryden Dunciad easily effect elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay Essay on Criticism excellence faults favour fortune friends genius Georgics happy Homer honour human Iliad images imagination Johnson kind knowledge labour language learning letter likewise lines literary live Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Tyrconnel Lycidas mankind ment mind mother nature neglected never numbers o'er observed opinion Ovid panegyric Paradise Lost passion performance perhaps pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise published Queen reader reason remarks reputation resentment Richard Savage satire Savage says seems sentiments Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes stanza subscription sufficient supposed thought tion translation truth verses Virgil virtue write written wrote
Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 A Gateway Edition Volume 83 of The World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Gateway Editions, 1955 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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