Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer , for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who im- mediately made him one of the commissioners for licensing coaches , and soon ...
... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer , for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who im- mediately made him one of the commissioners for licensing coaches , and soon ...
Page 59
... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength and ease with closeness . This is a skill which Pope might have condescended to ...
... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength and ease with closeness . This is a skill which Pope might have condescended to ...
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... allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange was never discovered till Mr. Tyers told , on the authority of Mrs. Racket , that he was a linendraper in the Strand . Both parents were Papists . Pope was ...
... allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange was never discovered till Mr. Tyers told , on the authority of Mrs. Racket , that he was a linendraper in the Strand . Both parents were Papists . Pope was ...
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... allowed that Dennis had detected one of those blunders which are called " bulls . " The first edition had this line : - " What is this wit- Where wanted scorned ; and envied where acquired ? ” " How , " says the critic , " can wit be ...
... allowed that Dennis had detected one of those blunders which are called " bulls . " The first edition had this line : - " What is this wit- Where wanted scorned ; and envied where acquired ? ” " How , " says the critic , " can wit be ...
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... allowed to enjoy the praise for a long time without disturbance . Many years afterwards Dennis published some remarks upon it with very little force and with no effect ; for the opinion of the public was already settled , and it was no ...
... allowed to enjoy the praise for a long time without disturbance . Many years afterwards Dennis published some remarks upon it with very little force and with no effect ; for the opinion of the public was already settled , and it was no ...
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Addison afterwards appear Atrides Battle of Ramillies beauties Binfield Blackmore Boileau Bolingbroke censure character Cibber composition Congreve considered contempt copies couplet criticism Curll declared delight Dennis desire diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Earl of Oxford edition elegance endeavoured English Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence fame faults favour friends friendship genius Halifax heroes Homer honour Iliad images imitation judgment kind King known labour language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mind nature never numbers o'er opinion original passages performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise printed Prior prose published readers reason remarks reputation resentment ridicule SAMUEL JOHNSON satire says seems sometimes supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation verses versification virtue volume Warburton Westminster Abbey WILLIAM CONGREVE write written wrote