Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 8
... Warton had the same story from his father , who had it from Fenton . Essay on Pope , ii . 312. For Johnson's connexion with Fenton through Lewis see ante , FENTON , 4n . I Ante , DRYDEN , 89 , 147 n . , 286n . , 306 n . , 341 n . , 349 ...
... Warton had the same story from his father , who had it from Fenton . Essay on Pope , ii . 312. For Johnson's connexion with Fenton through Lewis see ante , FENTON , 4n . I Ante , DRYDEN , 89 , 147 n . , 286n . , 306 n . , 341 n . , 349 ...
Page 51
... Warton , ' said to me , speaking of the simplicity of Swift's style : - " The Rogue never hazards a figure . " Pope's Works , 1822 , ix . 76 . Within twenty - three lines in An Argument against Abolishing Chris- tianity he hazards a ...
... Warton , ' said to me , speaking of the simplicity of Swift's style : - " The Rogue never hazards a figure . " Pope's Works , 1822 , ix . 76 . Within twenty - three lines in An Argument against Abolishing Chris- tianity he hazards a ...
Page 62
... Warton's Pope , vi . 15 . ' The living , ' Swift answered , ' is just too short by £ 300 a year . ' Works , xviii . 28. A year later he wrote to Pope : - ' Neither can I have con- veniences in the country for three horses and two ...
... Warton's Pope , vi . 15 . ' The living , ' Swift answered , ' is just too short by £ 300 a year . ' Works , xviii . 28. A year later he wrote to Pope : - ' Neither can I have con- veniences in the country for three horses and two ...
Page 80
... Warton had justly described him as ' a mere versifier . ' Essay on Pope , Preface , p . 12 . 7 " With cries we usher in our birth , With groans resign our transient breath . ' Eng . Poets , xliv . 160 . ' What art thou , gold , but ...
... Warton had justly described him as ' a mere versifier . ' Essay on Pope , Preface , p . 12 . 7 " With cries we usher in our birth , With groans resign our transient breath . ' Eng . Poets , xliv . 160 . ' What art thou , gold , but ...
Page 83
... Warton's Pope's Works , ed . 1822 , ix . 417. She was his father's daughter by his first wife . In the register of St. Benet Fink is the following : - ' 1679 . 12 Aug. Buried Magdalen , the wife of Allix- ander Pope . ' He was then ...
... Warton's Pope's Works , ed . 1822 , ix . 417. She was his father's daughter by his first wife . In the register of St. Benet Fink is the following : - ' 1679 . 12 Aug. Buried Magdalen , the wife of Allix- ander Pope . ' He was then ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Addison afterwards Akenside Ante appeared Biog Bishop blank verse Bolingbroke Boswell's Johnson Broome called character Cibber copy criticism Deane Swift death dedication Delany Dryden Duke Dunciad edition elegance Elwin and Court Elwin and Courthope English Epistle epitaph father favour Fenton genius Gent Gibbon Gray Gray's Hist Homer honour hope Horace Horace Walpole Iliad Imit Ireland John King Lady Letters lines London Lord Lyttelton Mallet Memoirs mentioned MILTON mind Misc Mitford never Night Thoughts numbers Orrery Oxford passage Pastorals perhaps Philips poem poet poetical poetry Pope wrote Pope's Works Elwin praise Preface printed prose publick published quoted reader rhyme satire says seems Shenstone shew Spence Spence's Anec Swift wrote Thomson tion told translation verses viii vols Walpole Warburton Warton well's Johnson Whig writes written xvii Young