Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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Page 25
... desire of immediate renown , and keep his work nine years un- published , he will be still the author , and still in danger of deceiving himself and if he consults his friends he will probably find men who have more kindness than ...
... desire of immediate renown , and keep his work nine years un- published , he will be still the author , and still in danger of deceiving himself and if he consults his friends he will probably find men who have more kindness than ...
Page 64
... desire of excellence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poet , with which his father accidentally concurred by proposing subjects and obliging him to correct his performances by many revisals , after which the old gentleman ...
... desire of excellence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poet , with which his father accidentally concurred by proposing subjects and obliging him to correct his performances by many revisals , after which the old gentleman ...
Page 68
... desires of intellectual eminence , he spent much of his time over his books ; but he read only to store his mind with facts and images , seizing all that his authors presented with undistinguishing voracity , and with an appetite for ...
... desires of intellectual eminence , he spent much of his time over his books ; but he read only to store his mind with facts and images , seizing all that his authors presented with undistinguishing voracity , and with an appetite for ...
Page 70
... desire to do mischief is greater than his power . He has , however , justly criticised some passages in these lines : - " There are whom Heaven has blessed with store of wit , Yet want as much again to manage it : For wit and judgment ...
... desire to do mischief is greater than his power . He has , however , justly criticised some passages in these lines : - " There are whom Heaven has blessed with store of wit , Yet want as much again to manage it : For wit and judgment ...
Page 74
... desires were too hot for delay , and she liked self - murder better than suspense . Nor is it discovered that the uncle , whoever he was , is with much justice delivered to pos- terity as a false guardian . " He seems to have done only ...
... desires were too hot for delay , and she liked self - murder better than suspense . Nor is it discovered that the uncle , whoever he was , is with much justice delivered to pos- terity as a false guardian . " He seems to have done only ...
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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