Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... reputation , he published ( 1732 ) a very beautiful and splendid edition of his works , in which he omitted what he ... reputation from their works ; but there are works which owe their reputation to the character of the writer . The ...
... reputation , he published ( 1732 ) a very beautiful and splendid edition of his works , in which he omitted what he ... reputation from their works ; but there are works which owe their reputation to the character of the writer . The ...
Page 158
... reputation , are always indus- trious to swell his works , by uniting his worst productions with his best . In the execution of this scheme , however , he proceeded but slowly , and probably only employed himself upon it when he could ...
... reputation , are always indus- trious to swell his works , by uniting his worst productions with his best . In the execution of this scheme , however , he proceeded but slowly , and probably only employed himself upon it when he could ...
Page 448
... reputation , but never attained any great extent of practice , or eminence of popularity . A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of Fortune ; his degree of reputation is , for the most part , totally casual : they ...
... reputation , but never attained any great extent of practice , or eminence of popularity . A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of Fortune ; his degree of reputation is , for the most part , totally casual : they ...
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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