Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... shewn in Love for Love . His Art of Pleasing is founded on a vulgar but perhaps impracticable princi- ple , and the staleness of the sense is not concealed by any novelty of illustration or elegance of diction . This tissue of poetry ...
... shewn in Love for Love . His Art of Pleasing is founded on a vulgar but perhaps impracticable princi- ple , and the staleness of the sense is not concealed by any novelty of illustration or elegance of diction . This tissue of poetry ...
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... shew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop ... shewn remarkable gentleness and sweetness of disposition . The weakness of his body continued through his life , but ...
... shew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop ... shewn remarkable gentleness and sweetness of disposition . The weakness of his body continued through his life , but ...
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... shew , with sufficient evidence , his knowledge of books . He that is pleased with himself , easily imagines that he ... shewn to the Poets and Criticks of that time ; as they well deserved , they were read with admiration , and many ...
... shew , with sufficient evidence , his knowledge of books . He that is pleased with himself , easily imagines that he ... shewn to the Poets and Criticks of that time ; as they well deserved , they were read with admiration , and many ...
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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