Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 49
... never discovered to have disturbed his quiet , or to have lessened his confidence in himself ; they neither awed him to silence nor to caution ; they neither provoked him to petulance , nor depressed him to complaint . While the ...
... never discovered to have disturbed his quiet , or to have lessened his confidence in himself ; they neither awed him to silence nor to caution ; they neither provoked him to petulance , nor depressed him to complaint . While the ...
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... never content with mediocrity when excellence could be attained . He con- sidered poetry as the business of his life , and however he might seem to lament his occupation , he followed it with constancy ; to make verses was his first ...
... never content with mediocrity when excellence could be attained . He con- sidered poetry as the business of his life , and however he might seem to lament his occupation , he followed it with constancy ; to make verses was his first ...
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... never by his pride . On such an occasion a poet may be allowed to be obscure , but inconsistency never can be right . The Ode for St. Cecilia's Day was undertaken at the desire of Steele : in this the author is generally confessed to ...
... never by his pride . On such an occasion a poet may be allowed to be obscure , but inconsistency never can be right . The Ode for St. Cecilia's Day was undertaken at the desire of Steele : in this the author is generally confessed to ...
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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