Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... beauties than exposing the blemishes of a laudable writing : like Horace , in a long work , he can bear some deformities , and justly lay them on the imperfection of human nature , which is incapable of faultless produc- tions . When an ...
... beauties than exposing the blemishes of a laudable writing : like Horace , in a long work , he can bear some deformities , and justly lay them on the imperfection of human nature , which is incapable of faultless produc- tions . When an ...
Page 136
... beauties of his works , and imputed the slowness of their sale to other causes ; either they were published at a time when the town was empty , or when the attention of the publick was engrossed by some struggle in the parliament , or ...
... beauties of his works , and imputed the slowness of their sale to other causes ; either they were published at a time when the town was empty , or when the attention of the publick was engrossed by some struggle in the parliament , or ...
Page 456
... beauties which they could not see . Gray's reputation was now so high , that after the death of Cibber , he had the honour of refusing the laurel , which was then bestowed on Mr. Whitehead . His curiosity , not long after , drew him ...
... beauties which they could not see . Gray's reputation was now so high , that after the death of Cibber , he had the honour of refusing the laurel , which was then bestowed on Mr. Whitehead . His curiosity , not long after , drew him ...
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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