LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Savage , Butler , Rochester , Broome , Dillon , ( Earl of Roscommon ) - 106 > Pope , 93 Swift , - 102 - 402 · 468 - 494 497 - 587 - + Otway , Waller , Pomfret , Dorset , - 112 Pitt , - 113 Thomson , - 589 - 145 - 146 Watts , A. Philips ...
... Savage , Butler , Rochester , Broome , Dillon , ( Earl of Roscommon ) - 106 > Pope , 93 Swift , - 102 - 402 · 468 - 494 497 - 587 - + Otway , Waller , Pomfret , Dorset , - 112 Pitt , - 113 Thomson , - 589 - 145 - 146 Watts , A. Philips ...
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... images either just or splendid : I am as free as Nature first made man , Ere the base laws of servitude began , When wild in woods the noble savage ran . } -Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew , They -Tis DRY D E N. 229.
... images either just or splendid : I am as free as Nature first made man , Ere the base laws of servitude began , When wild in woods the noble savage ran . } -Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew , They -Tis DRY D E N. 229.
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... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . .. This play discovers its own date , by a prediction of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's propietick promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . .. This play discovers its own date , by a prediction of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's propietick promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
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... savage licence , practised in many schools to the end of the last century , by which the boys , when the periodi- cal vacation drew near , growing petulant at the approach of liberty , some days before the time of regular recess , took ...
... savage licence , practised in many schools to the end of the last century , by which the boys , when the periodi- cal vacation drew near , growing petulant at the approach of liberty , some days before the time of regular recess , took ...
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... savage nature , " in fastening upon the celebrated author , dwelling upon his imaginary de- " fects , and passing over his conspicuous excellences . He treats all writers " upon the same impartial foot ; and is not , like the little ...
... savage nature , " in fastening upon the celebrated author , dwelling upon his imaginary de- " fects , and passing over his conspicuous excellences . He treats all writers " upon the same impartial foot ; and is not , like the little ...
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acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction Dryden duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry excellence faults favour friends genius honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord lord Halifax mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise present produced published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes soon supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue Waller Whigs write written wrote Young