Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 128
... tion affords another instance of that inconsistency of his writings with his conversation , which was so often to be observed . He forgot how lavishly he had , in his Dedica- tion to The Wanderer , extolled the delicacy and penetra- tion ...
... tion affords another instance of that inconsistency of his writings with his conversation , which was so often to be observed . He forgot how lavishly he had , in his Dedica- tion to The Wanderer , extolled the delicacy and penetra- tion ...
Page 341
... tion ; yet it is not more successfully executed than the rest , for it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labour . The same observation may be extended to all works of imagination , which are often ...
... tion ; yet it is not more successfully executed than the rest , for it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labour . The same observation may be extended to all works of imagination , which are often ...
Page 468
... tion rather , as it seems , of leisure than of study , rather effusions than compositions . The names of his persons too often enable the reader to anticipate their conversa- tion ; and when they have met , they too often part with- out ...
... tion rather , as it seems , of leisure than of study , rather effusions than compositions . The names of his persons too often enable the reader to anticipate their conversa- tion ; and when they have met , they too often part with- out ...
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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