The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 56
... attention is led on through a long succession of varied excellence to the original position , the fun- damental principle of wisdom and of virtue . As the heroic poems of Blackmore are now little read , it is thought proper to insert ...
... attention is led on through a long succession of varied excellence to the original position , the fun- damental principle of wisdom and of virtue . As the heroic poems of Blackmore are now little read , it is thought proper to insert ...
Page 60
... attention to Marlborough and his family , by an elegiac pastoral on the Mar- quis of Blandford , which could be prompted only by respect or kindness ; for neither the Duke nor Duchess desired the praise , or liked the cost of patronage ...
... attention to Marlborough and his family , by an elegiac pastoral on the Mar- quis of Blandford , which could be prompted only by respect or kindness ; for neither the Duke nor Duchess desired the praise , or liked the cost of patronage ...
Page 64
... attention . His collection of poems is now to be considered . The Ode to the Sun is written upon a common plan , without uncommon sentiments ; but its great- est fault is its length . No poem should be long of which the purpose is only ...
... attention . His collection of poems is now to be considered . The Ode to the Sun is written upon a common plan , without uncommon sentiments ; but its great- est fault is its length . No poem should be long of which the purpose is only ...
Page 71
... attention , stumbled at a stool , and falling forwards , threw down a weighty japan screen . The Princess started , the ladies screamed , and poor Gay , after all the dis turbance , was still to read his play . The fate of " The ...
... attention , stumbled at a stool , and falling forwards , threw down a weighty japan screen . The Princess started , the ladies screamed , and poor Gay , after all the dis turbance , was still to read his play . The fate of " The ...
Page 74
... attention of the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry , into whose house he was taken , and with whom he passed the remaining part of his life , The Duke , considering his want of economy , undertook the management • Spence . of his money ...
... attention of the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry , into whose house he was taken , and with whom he passed the remaining part of his life , The Duke , considering his want of economy , undertook the management • Spence . of his money ...
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