Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 93
... observed , and have in reality been only more conspicuous than those of others , not more frequent , or more severe . That affluence and power , advantages extrinsic and adventitious , and therefore easily separable from those by whom ...
... observed , and have in reality been only more conspicuous than those of others , not more frequent , or more severe . That affluence and power , advantages extrinsic and adventitious , and therefore easily separable from those by whom ...
Page 130
... observed , that he did not appear to have formed very elevated ideas of those to whom the administration of affairs , or the conduct of parties , has been intrusted ; who have been considered as the advo- cates of the crown , or the ...
... observed , that he did not appear to have formed very elevated ideas of those to whom the administration of affairs , or the conduct of parties , has been intrusted ; who have been considered as the advo- cates of the crown , or the ...
Page 346
... observed that any rise above mediocrity . The success of his Vida animated him to a higher under- taking ; and in his thirtieth year he published a version of the first book of the Eneid . This being , I suppose , com- mended by his ...
... observed that any rise above mediocrity . The success of his Vida animated him to a higher under- taking ; and in his thirtieth year he published a version of the first book of the Eneid . This being , I suppose , com- mended by his ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young