The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... sufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and with all those pow ers exalted and invigorated by ...
... sufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable pertinacity ; with wit in the highest degree keen and sarcastic ; and with all those pow ers exalted and invigorated by ...
Page 64
... sufficient to say , that it is an occasional pastoral , which implies something nei . ther natural nor artificial , neither comic nor se rious . The next Ode is irregular , and therefore defec tive . As the sentiments are pious , they ...
... sufficient to say , that it is an occasional pastoral , which implies something nei . ther natural nor artificial , neither comic nor se rious . The next Ode is irregular , and therefore defec tive . As the sentiments are pious , they ...
Page 65
... doubt ) in acting right , in feeling himself honest , true , and unpretending to more than was his own . So he dyed , as he lived , with that secret , yet sufficient , Contentment . As to any Papers left behind him , I dare FENTON . 65.
... doubt ) in acting right , in feeling himself honest , true , and unpretending to more than was his own . So he dyed , as he lived , with that secret , yet sufficient , Contentment . As to any Papers left behind him , I dare FENTON . 65.
Page 69
... been inconstant . Not long afterwards ( 1717 ) he endeavoured to entertain the town with " Three Hours after Marriage ; " a comedy written , as there is sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assistance of Pope and Ar GAY . 69.
... been inconstant . Not long afterwards ( 1717 ) he endeavoured to entertain the town with " Three Hours after Marriage ; " a comedy written , as there is sufficient reason for believing , by the joint assistance of Pope and Ar GAY . 69.
Page 79
... sufficient proof , in the letter which he wrote to his father about a month before the Prince of Orange landed . Mar , near Doncaster , Oct. 6 , 1688 . " To the Honourable Mr. Barnard Granville , at the Earl of Bathe's , St. James's ...
... sufficient proof , in the letter which he wrote to his father about a month before the Prince of Orange landed . Mar , near Doncaster , Oct. 6 , 1688 . " To the Honourable Mr. Barnard Granville , at the Earl of Bathe's , St. James's ...
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