Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 57
... sentiments ; but its greatest fault is its length . No poem should be long of which the purpose is only to strike the fancy , without enlightening the under- standing by precept , ratiocination , or narrative . A blaze first pleases ...
... sentiments ; but its greatest fault is its length . No poem should be long of which the purpose is only to strike the fancy , without enlightening the under- standing by precept , ratiocination , or narrative . A blaze first pleases ...
Page 182
... sentiments have a cast peculiar to them- selves , which no man can imitate with success , because what was nature in Savage , would in another be affecta- tion . It must be confessed , that his descriptions are striking , his images ...
... sentiments have a cast peculiar to them- selves , which no man can imitate with success , because what was nature in Savage , would in another be affecta- tion . It must be confessed , that his descriptions are striking , his images ...
Page 190
... Sentiments of a Church - of - England Man ; the ridicule of Astrology , under the name of Bickerstaff ; the Argument against abolishing Christianity ; and the defence of the Sacra- mental Test . The Sentiments of a Church - of - England ...
... Sentiments of a Church - of - England Man ; the ridicule of Astrology , under the name of Bickerstaff ; the Argument against abolishing Christianity ; and the defence of the Sacra- mental Test . The Sentiments of a Church - of - England ...
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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