Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... admiration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or ...
... admiration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or ...
Page 211
... admiration ; he always understands himself : and his reader always under- stands him : the peruser of Swift wants little previous knowledge : it will be sufficient that he is acquainted with common words and common things ; he is ...
... admiration ; he always understands himself : and his reader always under- stands him : the peruser of Swift wants little previous knowledge : it will be sufficient that he is acquainted with common words and common things ; he is ...
Page 227
... admiration , and many praises were bestowed upon them and upon the Preface , which is both elegant and learned in a high degree : they were , however , not published till five years afterwards . Cowley , Milton , and Pope , are ...
... admiration , and many praises were bestowed upon them and upon the Preface , which is both elegant and learned in a high degree : they were , however , not published till five years afterwards . Cowley , Milton , and Pope , are ...
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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 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