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Samuel Johnson. THE LIFE OF RICHARD SAVAGE ( 1697-1743 ) It has been observed in all ages that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those ... Richard Savage (1697-1743)
Samuel Johnson. THE LIFE OF RICHARD SAVAGE ( 1697-1743 ) It has been observed in all ages that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those ... Richard Savage (1697-1743)
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... Savage wrote under that title . - This gentleman , notwithstanding a very considerable interest , being , on the ... Richard Savage , Esq . Twice twenty tedious moons have roll'd away Since Hope , kind flatt'rer ! tun'd my pensive lay ...
... Savage wrote under that title . - This gentleman , notwithstanding a very considerable interest , being , on the ... Richard Savage , Esq . Twice twenty tedious moons have roll'd away Since Hope , kind flatt'rer ! tun'd my pensive lay ...
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... Savage returned a very solemn protestation of his innocence , but , however , appeared much disturbed at the ac ... Richard Savage , a man equally distinguished by his virtues and vices , and at once remarkable for his weaknesses and ...
... Savage returned a very solemn protestation of his innocence , but , however , appeared much disturbed at the ac ... Richard Savage , a man equally distinguished by his virtues and vices , and at once remarkable for his weaknesses and ...
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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