Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... better imagined , and better expressed , than could be expected from the common tenour of his prose : -As the several combinations of splenetic madness and folly produce an infinite variety of irregular under- standing , so the amicable ...
... better imagined , and better expressed , than could be expected from the common tenour of his prose : -As the several combinations of splenetic madness and folly produce an infinite variety of irregular under- standing , so the amicable ...
Page 260
... better to have them confederates than rivals . In the patent , instead of saying that he had translated the Odyssey , as he had said of the Iliad , he says that he had undertaken a translation ; and in the proposals the sub- scription ...
... better to have them confederates than rivals . In the patent , instead of saying that he had translated the Odyssey , as he had said of the Iliad , he says that he had undertaken a translation ; and in the proposals the sub- scription ...
Page 308
... better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circumference of science . Dryden knew more of man in his general nature , and Pope in his local manners ...
... better means of information . His mind has a larger range , and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circumference of science . Dryden knew more of man in his general nature , and Pope in his local manners ...
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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