Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 38
... easily make a false estimate of his own importance : those whom their virtue restrains from deceiving others , are often disposed by their vanity to deceive themselves . Whether he promoted the Succes- sion or not , he at least approved ...
... easily make a false estimate of his own importance : those whom their virtue restrains from deceiving others , are often disposed by their vanity to deceive themselves . Whether he promoted the Succes- sion or not , he at least approved ...
Page 129
... easily concur ; nor indeed could any man , who assumed from accidental advantages more praise than he could justly claim from his real merit , admit an ac- quaintance more dangerous than that of Savage ; of whom likewise it must be ...
... easily concur ; nor indeed could any man , who assumed from accidental advantages more praise than he could justly claim from his real merit , admit an ac- quaintance more dangerous than that of Savage ; of whom likewise it must be ...
Page 447
... easily avoid , a lover of contradiction , and no friend to any thing established . He adopted Shaftesbury's foolish assertion of the efficacy of ridicule for the discovery of truth . For this he was attacked by Warburton , and defended ...
... easily avoid , a lover of contradiction , and no friend to any thing established . He adopted Shaftesbury's foolish assertion of the efficacy of ridicule for the discovery of truth . For this he was attacked by Warburton , and defended ...
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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