“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 63
Page 3
... mean not to accuse him of flattery : he probably thought all that he wrote , and retained as much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet professedly encomiastic . King William supplied copious materials for either verse or ...
... mean not to accuse him of flattery : he probably thought all that he wrote , and retained as much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet professedly encomiastic . King William supplied copious materials for either verse or ...
Page 12
... mean company . His Chloe probably was sometimes ideal ; but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his wenches , perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate , and ...
... mean company . His Chloe probably was sometimes ideal ; but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his wenches , perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate , and ...
Page 13
... means of judging are left us , seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . PRIOR has written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from ...
... means of judging are left us , seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . PRIOR has written with great variety ; and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from ...
Page 36
... and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are solid and natural , as well 36 BLACKMORE .
... and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are solid and natural , as well 36 BLACKMORE .
Page 37
In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. means his observations are solid and natural , as well as de- licate , so his design is always to bring to light something useful and ornamental ; whence his character is the reverse to theirs , who have ...
In Two Volumes Samuel Johnson. means his observations are solid and natural , as well as de- licate , so his design is always to bring to light something useful and ornamental ; whence his character is the reverse to theirs , who have ...
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