“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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Page 53
... effect of reality and truth became conspicuous , even when the intention was to shew them grovelling and de- graded . These Pastorals became popular , and were read with delight , as just representations of rural manners and oc ...
... effect of reality and truth became conspicuous , even when the intention was to shew them grovelling and de- graded . These Pastorals became popular , and were read with delight , as just representations of rural manners and oc ...
Page 56
... effect , as was ludicrously said , of making Gay rich , and Rich gay . Of this lucky piece , as the reader cannot but wish to know the original and progress , I have inserted the relation which Spence has given in Pope's words . - " Dr ...
... effect , as was ludicrously said , of making Gay rich , and Rich gay . Of this lucky piece , as the reader cannot but wish to know the original and progress , I have inserted the relation which Spence has given in Pope's words . - " Dr ...
Page 71
... effect of novelty upon ignorance . Of his other poems it is sufficient to say , that they deserve perusal , though they are not always exactly polished , though the rhymes are sometimes very ill sorted , and though his faults seem ...
... effect of novelty upon ignorance . Of his other poems it is sufficient to say , that they deserve perusal , though they are not always exactly polished , though the rhymes are sometimes very ill sorted , and though his faults seem ...
Page 77
... effects are here exhibited , of which the Elegies were written very early , and the prologue not long before his death . In 1741 , he was chosen into parliament for Truro , in Corn- wall , probably one of those who were elected by the ...
... effects are here exhibited , of which the Elegies were written very early , and the prologue not long before his death . In 1741 , he was chosen into parliament for Truro , in Corn- wall , probably one of those who were elected by the ...
Page 80
... effect ; and has with great propriety enlarged his plan by the modes of hunting used in other countries . With still less judgment did he choose blank verse as the vehicle of rural sports . If blank verse be not tumid and gorgeous , it ...
... effect ; and has with great propriety enlarged his plan by the modes of hunting used in other countries . With still less judgment did he choose blank verse as the vehicle of rural sports . If blank verse be not tumid and gorgeous , it ...
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