Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 142
... necessary to make it credible ; and very reasonably demanded , that the accusation should be re- tracted in the same paper , that he might no longer suffer the imputation of sedition and ingratitude . This demand was likewise pressed by ...
... necessary to make it credible ; and very reasonably demanded , that the accusation should be re- tracted in the same paper , that he might no longer suffer the imputation of sedition and ingratitude . This demand was likewise pressed by ...
Page 159
... necessary , that he might distinguish himself from the herd of encomiasts , to find out some new walk of funeral panegyrick . This difficult task he performed in such a manner , that his poem may be justly ranked among the best pieces ...
... necessary , that he might distinguish himself from the herd of encomiasts , to find out some new walk of funeral panegyrick . This difficult task he performed in such a manner , that his poem may be justly ranked among the best pieces ...
Page 320
... necessary to Pope . I suppose many readers of the English Iliad , when they have been touched with some unexpected beauty of the lighter kind , have tried to enjoy it in the original , where , alas ! it was not to be found . Homer ...
... necessary to Pope . I suppose many readers of the English Iliad , when they have been touched with some unexpected beauty of the lighter kind , have tried to enjoy it in the original , where , alas ! it was not to be found . Homer ...
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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