The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 48
Page 86
... expected only in the ornaments and illus- trations . His poetical precepts are accompanied with agreeable and instructive notes . The Mask of " Peleus and Thetis " has here and there a pretty line ; but it is not always melo- dious ...
... expected only in the ornaments and illus- trations . His poetical precepts are accompanied with agreeable and instructive notes . The Mask of " Peleus and Thetis " has here and there a pretty line ; but it is not always melo- dious ...
Page 111
... expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning , and return home ; but his expectations deceived him , for Sir Richard told him that he was without money , and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for ...
... expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning , and return home ; but his expectations deceived him , for Sir Richard told him that he was without money , and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for ...
Page 119
... expected on the stage ; and he was so much ashamed of having been reduced to appear as a player , that he always blotted out his name from the list , when a copy of his tragedy was to be shewn to his friends . Printed in the late ...
... expected on the stage ; and he was so much ashamed of having been reduced to appear as a player , that he always blotted out his name from the list , when a copy of his tragedy was to be shewn to his friends . Printed in the late ...
Page 142
... expected that he should have gained considerable advantage ; nor can it without some degree of indignation and concern be told , that he sold the copy for ten gui- neas , of which he afterwards returned two , that the two last sheets of ...
... expected that he should have gained considerable advantage ; nor can it without some degree of indignation and concern be told , that he sold the copy for ten gui- neas , of which he afterwards returned two , that the two last sheets of ...
Page 143
... expected that the wine should be paid for by him that drank it , his method of composition was , to take them with him to his own apartment , assume the government of the house , and order the butler in an imperious manner to set the ...
... expected that the wine should be paid for by him that drank it , his method of composition was , to take them with him to his own apartment , assume the government of the house , and order the butler in an imperious manner to set the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Hill acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber contempt conversation criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence faults favour Fenton fore fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination Ireland kind King known labour Lady learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke mentioned mind nature neral never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published Queen racter reader reason received remarkable reputation resentment rhyme satire Savage says seems sent shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler thing Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue whigs write written wrote Young