The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 65
... piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable specimen of episto- lary poetry ; and his Ode to the Lord Gower was pronounced by Pope the next ode in the Eng- lish language to Dryden's " Cecilia . " Fenton may be justly styled an ...
... piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable specimen of episto- lary poetry ; and his Ode to the Lord Gower was pronounced by Pope the next ode in the Eng- lish language to Dryden's " Cecilia . " Fenton may be justly styled an ...
Page 72
... piece , as the reader cannot but wish to know the original and progress , I have in- serted the relation which Spence has given in Pope's words . 66 " Dr. Swift had been observing once to Mr. Gay , what an odd pretty sort of a thing a ...
... piece , as the reader cannot but wish to know the original and progress , I have in- serted the relation which Spence has given in Pope's words . 66 " Dr. Swift had been observing once to Mr. Gay , what an odd pretty sort of a thing a ...
Page 73
... piece was received with greater applause than was ever known , Besides being acted in London sixty - three days without interruption , and renewed the next season with equal applause , it spread into all the great towns of England ; was ...
... piece was received with greater applause than was ever known , Besides being acted in London sixty - three days without interruption , and renewed the next season with equal applause , it spread into all the great towns of England ; was ...
Page 75
... piece of hu- mour . The character given him by Pope is this : that " he was a natural man , without design , who spoke what he thought , and just as he thought it ; " and that " he was of a timid temper , and fearful of giv ing offence ...
... piece of hu- mour . The character given him by Pope is this : that " he was a natural man , without design , who spoke what he thought , and just as he thought it ; " and that " he was of a timid temper , and fearful of giv ing offence ...
Page 78
... pieces , of which the first is profane , and the two others such as a boy might be expected to produce ; but he was commended by old Waller , who perhaps was pleased to find himself imitated in six lines , * To Trinity College . By the ...
... pieces , of which the first is profane , and the two others such as a boy might be expected to produce ; but he was commended by old Waller , who perhaps was pleased to find himself imitated in six lines , * To Trinity College . By the ...
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