Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 214
... thing by you , I am determined . " - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and , in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary , he actually obliged us to take the money . ' In the intercourse ...
... thing by you , I am determined . " - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and , in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary , he actually obliged us to take the money . ' In the intercourse ...
Page 299
... thing to write because there is something which the mind wishes to discharge , and another , to solicit the imagination because ceremony or vanity requires some- thing to be written . Pope confesses his early Letters to be vitiated with ...
... thing to write because there is something which the mind wishes to discharge , and another , to solicit the imagination because ceremony or vanity requires some- thing to be written . Pope confesses his early Letters to be vitiated with ...
Page 316
... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people , never heard of before , is presented to us in a ... thing is striking , and we feel all the appetite of curiosity for that from 316 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people , never heard of before , is presented to us in a ... thing is striking , and we feel all the appetite of curiosity for that from 316 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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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