Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 39
... praise . What was his reason I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head still teemed with heroick poetry , and ( 1705 ) he published Eliza in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now weary of contending about ...
... praise . What was his reason I know not ; Dryden was then no longer in his way . His head still teemed with heroick poetry , and ( 1705 ) he published Eliza in ten books . I am afraid that the world was now weary of contending about ...
Page 40
... praise ; for to him must always be assigned the plan of the work , the distribution of its parts , the choice of topicks , the train of argument , and what is yet more , the general predominance of philosophical judge- ment and poetical ...
... praise ; for to him must always be assigned the plan of the work , the distribution of its parts , the choice of topicks , the train of argument , and what is yet more , the general predominance of philosophical judge- ment and poetical ...
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... praise al- ready received will be thought sufficient ; for his works do not shew him to have had much comprehension from nature , or illumination from learning . He seems to have had no ambition above the imitation of Waller , of whom ...
... praise al- ready received will be thought sufficient ; for his works do not shew him to have had much comprehension from nature , or illumination from learning . He seems to have had no ambition above the imitation of Waller , of whom ...
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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