Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 14
... original , as one said , but , I suppose , that his faculties -Strain'd to the height , In that celestial colloquy sublime , Dazzled and spent , sunk down , and sought repair . ' Poor Prior ! why was he so strained , and in such want of ...
... original , as one said , but , I suppose , that his faculties -Strain'd to the height , In that celestial colloquy sublime , Dazzled and spent , sunk down , and sought repair . ' Poor Prior ! why was he so strained , and in such want of ...
Page 311
... original the improvements are derived . The Verses on the unfortunate Lady have drawn much attention by the illaudable singularity of treating suicide with respect ; and they must be allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous ...
... original the improvements are derived . The Verses on the unfortunate Lady have drawn much attention by the illaudable singularity of treating suicide with respect ; and they must be allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous ...
Page 316
... original , nothing original ever can be written . In this work are exhibited , in a very high degree , the two most engaging powers of an author . New things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people ...
... original , nothing original ever can be written . In this work are exhibited , in a very high degree , the two most engaging powers of an author . New things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people ...
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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