Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot , nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my ...
... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot , nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my ...
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... kind of Fables , the authors do not appear to have formed any distinct or settled notion . Phaedrus evidently confounds them with Tales , and Gay both with Tales and Allegorical Prosopopoeias . A Fable or Apo- logue , such as is now ...
... kind of Fables , the authors do not appear to have formed any distinct or settled notion . Phaedrus evidently confounds them with Tales , and Gay both with Tales and Allegorical Prosopopoeias . A Fable or Apo- logue , such as is now ...
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... kind of contempt never depressed him ; for he always preserved a steady confidence in his own capacity , and believed nothing above his reach which he should at any time earnestly endeavour to attain . He formed schemes of the same kind ...
... kind of contempt never depressed him ; for he always preserved a steady confidence in his own capacity , and believed nothing above his reach which he should at any time earnestly endeavour to attain . He formed schemes of the same kind ...
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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