Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 265
... Dunciad ; and he thought it an happiness , that , by the late flood of slander on himself , he had acquired such a peculiar right over their names as was necessary to this design . ' On the 12th of March , 1729 , at St. James's , that ...
... Dunciad ; and he thought it an happiness , that , by the late flood of slander on himself , he had acquired such a peculiar right over their names as was necessary to this design . ' On the 12th of March , 1729 , at St. James's , that ...
Page 286
... Dunciad , of which the design is to ridicule such studies as are either hopeless or useless , as either pursue what is unattainable , or what , if it be attained , is of no use . When this book was printed ( 1742 ) the laurel had been ...
... Dunciad , of which the design is to ridicule such studies as are either hopeless or useless , as either pursue what is unattainable , or what , if it be attained , is of no use . When this book was printed ( 1742 ) the laurel had been ...
Page 288
... Dunciad , in which he degraded Theobald from his painful pre - eminence , and enthroned Cibber in his stead . Unhappily the two heroes were of opposite characters , and Pope was unwilling to lose what he had already written ; he has ...
... Dunciad , in which he degraded Theobald from his painful pre - eminence , and enthroned Cibber in his stead . Unhappily the two heroes were of opposite characters , and Pope was unwilling to lose what he had already written ; he has ...
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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