Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 120
... virtue , and found the man whom he had celebrated , when he had an opportunity of examining him more narrowly , unworthy of the panegyrick which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted , for the ...
... virtue , and found the man whom he had celebrated , when he had an opportunity of examining him more narrowly , unworthy of the panegyrick which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted , for the ...
Page 137
... virtue , and was indeed not so much a good man , as the friend of goodness . This at least must be allowed him , that he always pre- served a strong sense of the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue , and that he never ...
... virtue , and was indeed not so much a good man , as the friend of goodness . This at least must be allowed him , that he always pre- served a strong sense of the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue , and that he never ...
Page 343
... virtue now had shone approv'd , The senate heard him , and his country lov'd . Yet softer honours , and less noisy ... virtues blooming round , is something like tautology ; the six following lines are poor and prosaick . Art is in ...
... virtue now had shone approv'd , The senate heard him , and his country lov'd . Yet softer honours , and less noisy ... virtues blooming round , is something like tautology ; the six following lines are poor and prosaick . Art is in ...
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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