“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 15
... labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to ...
... labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to ...
Page 21
... labour was " The Old Bachelor ; " of which he says , in his defence against Collier , " that comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to ...
... labour was " The Old Bachelor ; " of which he says , in his defence against Collier , " that comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to ...
Page 25
... labour in the reformation of the theatre . Of the powers by which this important victory was achieved , a quotation from " Love for Love , " and the remark upon it , may afford a specimen : Sir Samps . Sampson's a very good name ; for ...
... labour in the reformation of the theatre . Of the powers by which this important victory was achieved , a quotation from " Love for Love , " and the remark upon it , may afford a specimen : Sir Samps . Sampson's a very good name ; for ...
Page 34
... , " dead - born from the press . " It is never mentioned , and was never seen by me till I borrowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and " " She revised for another impression ; " but the labour of 34 BLACKMORE .
... , " dead - born from the press . " It is never mentioned , and was never seen by me till I borrowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and " " She revised for another impression ; " but the labour of 34 BLACKMORE .
Page 35
In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a poem on the Kit - cat Club ...
In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a poem on the Kit - cat Club ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber conversation court criticism death delight deserved diction diligence Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl edition elegance endeavoured English English poetry epitaph Essay excellence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination Ireland Johnson's Lives kind King labour Lady language learning letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Landsdowne Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once opinion Orrery panegyric passion performance perhaps Pfennig Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published Queen racter reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift TAUCHNITZ Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue whigs write written wrote Young