Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 99
... success or merit of this performance , I know not ; it was probably lost among the innumerable pamphlets to which that dispute gave occasion . Mr. Savage was himself in a little time ashamed of it , and endeavoured to suppress it , by ...
... success or merit of this performance , I know not ; it was probably lost among the innumerable pamphlets to which that dispute gave occasion . Mr. Savage was himself in a little time ashamed of it , and endeavoured to suppress it , by ...
Page 236
... success . The Rape of the Lock stands forward , in the classes of literature , as the most exquisite example of ... successful exertion of poetical art . He indeed could never afterwards produce any thing of such unexampled excellence ...
... success . The Rape of the Lock stands forward , in the classes of literature , as the most exquisite example of ... successful exertion of poetical art . He indeed could never afterwards produce any thing of such unexampled excellence ...
Page 448
... success , that a stranger was not likely to gain ground upon him . Akenside tried the contest a while ; and , having deafened the place with clamours for liberty , removed to Hampstead , where he resided more than two years , and then ...
... success , that a stranger was not likely to gain ground upon him . Akenside tried the contest a while ; and , having deafened the place with clamours for liberty , removed to Hampstead , where he resided more than two years , and then ...
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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