Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 61
... shew , that if it be necessary to copy nature with minuteness , rural life must be exhibited such as grossness and ig- norance have made it . So far the plan was reasonable ; but the Pastorals are introduced by a Proeme , written with ...
... shew , that if it be necessary to copy nature with minuteness , rural life must be exhibited such as grossness and ig- norance have made it . So far the plan was reasonable ; but the Pastorals are introduced by a Proeme , written with ...
Page 238
... shew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignorance of painting . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kindness and esteem ; and after his death published , under his name , a version into modern English ...
... shew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignorance of painting . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kindness and esteem ; and after his death published , under his name , a version into modern English ...
Page 313
... shew . A simile , to be perfect , must both illustrate and ennoble the subject ; must shew it to the understanding in a clearer view , and display it to the fancy with greater dignity ; but either of these qualities may be sufficient to ...
... shew . A simile , to be perfect , must both illustrate and ennoble the subject ; must shew it to the understanding in a clearer view , and display it to the fancy with greater dignity ; but either of these qualities may be sufficient 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