Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 224
... English poetry owed much of its present beauty to his translations . Sandys very rarely attempted original com- position . From the care of Taverner , under whom his pro- ficiency was considerable , he was removed to a school at Twyford ...
... English poetry owed much of its present beauty to his translations . Sandys very rarely attempted original com- position . From the care of Taverner , under whom his pro- ficiency was considerable , he was removed to a school at Twyford ...
Page 226
... English . He translated likewise the Epistle of Sappho to Phaon from Ovid , to complete the version , which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets ...
... English . He translated likewise the Epistle of Sappho to Phaon from Ovid , to complete the version , which was before imperfect ; and wrote some other small pieces , which he afterwards printed . He sometimes imitated the English poets ...
Page 327
... English language , which Pope has not inserted into his version of Homer . How he obtained possession of so many beauties of speech , it were desirable to know . That he gleaned from authors , obscure as well as eminent , what he ...
... English language , which Pope has not inserted into his version of Homer . How he obtained possession of so many beauties of speech , it were desirable to know . That he gleaned from authors , obscure as well as eminent , what he ...
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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