The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other ...
... poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so poetically attended . Dryden , indeed , as a man discountenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other ...
Page 6
... poetry . On this occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals ; and it would be not easy to name any other com- position produced by that event which is now re- membered . Every thing has its day . Through the reigns of William and ...
... poetry . On this occasion he had fewer or less formidable rivals ; and it would be not easy to name any other com- position produced by that event which is now re- membered . Every thing has its day . Through the reigns of William and ...
Page 21
... poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or ac . tivity of fancy . He never made any effort of in- vention : his greater pieces are only tissues ...
... poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or ac . tivity of fancy . He never made any effort of in- vention : his greater pieces are only tissues ...
Page 27
... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it appa- rently pre - supposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is ...
... poetry professes the imitation of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it appa- rently pre - supposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is ...
Page 29
... poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards re- vised it , he reduced the versification to greater re- gularity , there is more bustle than sentiment , the plot is busy and intricate , and the events take hold on the attention ...
... poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards re- vised it , he reduced the versification to greater re- gularity , there is more bustle than sentiment , the plot is busy and intricate , and the events take hold on the attention ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Hill acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber contempt conversation criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence faults favour Fenton fore fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination Ireland kind King known labour Lady learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke mentioned mind nature neral never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published Queen racter reader reason received remarkable reputation resentment rhyme satire Savage says seems sent shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler thing Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue whigs write written wrote Young