Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 91
... allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant knowledge ; and who has shewn , by the subjects which his poetry has adorned , that it is practicable to be at once a skilful sportsman ...
... allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant knowledge ; and who has shewn , by the subjects which his poetry has adorned , that it is practicable to be at once a skilful sportsman ...
Page 150
... allowed . But Savage easily reconciled himself to mankind without im- puting any defect to his work , by observing that his poem was unluckily published two days after the prorogation of the parliament , and by consequence at a time ...
... allowed . But Savage easily reconciled himself to mankind without im- puting any defect to his work , by observing that his poem was unluckily published two days after the prorogation of the parliament , and by consequence at a time ...
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... allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous animation , and in others with gentle tenderness ; nor has Pope produced any poem in which the sense predominates more over the diction . But the tale is not skilfully told ; it is not ...
... allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous animation , and in others with gentle tenderness ; nor has Pope produced any poem in which the sense predominates more over the diction . But the tale is not skilfully told ; it is not ...
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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