Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 61
Page 231
... called wit , is truly judgement . So far Dennis is undoubtedly right ; but , not content with argument , he will have a little mirth , and triumphs over the first couplet in terms too elegant to be forgotten . ' By the way , what rare ...
... called wit , is truly judgement . So far Dennis is undoubtedly right ; but , not content with argument , he will have a little mirth , and triumphs over the first couplet in terms too elegant to be forgotten . ' By the way , what rare ...
Page 283
... called him in his verses low - born Allen . Men are seldom satisfied with praise introduced or followed by any mention of defect . Allen seems not to have taken any pleasure in his epithet , which was afterwards softened into humble ...
... called him in his verses low - born Allen . Men are seldom satisfied with praise introduced or followed by any mention of defect . Allen seems not to have taken any pleasure in his epithet , which was afterwards softened into humble ...
Page 291
... called , he answered , I do not think it essential , but it will be very right ; and I thank you for putting me in mind of it . In the morning , after the priest had given him the last sacraments , he said , " There is nothing that is ...
... called , he answered , I do not think it essential , but it will be very right ; and I thank you for putting me in mind of it . In the morning , after the priest had given him the last sacraments , he said , " There is nothing that is ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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