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Pagina 19
... acquaintance with life , and without knowledge of art or nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phædra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in ...
... acquaintance with life , and without knowledge of art or nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phædra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in ...
Pagina 49
... by those who are best acquainted with their character . " In another place he speaks with becoming abhor- rence of a godless author , who has burlesqued a VOL . II . D 50 pro Psalm . This author was supposed to be BLACKMORE .
... by those who are best acquainted with their character . " In another place he speaks with becoming abhor- rence of a godless author , who has burlesqued a VOL . II . D 50 pro Psalm . This author was supposed to be BLACKMORE .
Pagina 63
... acquaintance . By a former writer of his life a story is told which ought not to be forgotten . He used , in the latter part of his time , to pay his relations in the * Spence . country a yearly visit .. At an entertainment made for ...
... acquaintance . By a former writer of his life a story is told which ought not to be forgotten . He used , in the latter part of his time , to pay his relations in the * Spence . country a yearly visit .. At an entertainment made for ...
Pagina 67
... then rising fast into reputation . Tope was pleased with the honour ; and , when he Goldworthy does not appear in the Villare.- Dr. J. Holdsworthy is probably meant . - C . became acquainted with Gay , found such attrac tions in GAY.
... then rising fast into reputation . Tope was pleased with the honour ; and , when he Goldworthy does not appear in the Villare.- Dr. J. Holdsworthy is probably meant . - C . became acquainted with Gay , found such attrac tions in GAY.
Pagina 68
Samuel Johnson. became acquainted with Gay , found such attrac tions in his manners and conversation , that he seems to have received him into his inmost confi . dence ; and a friendship was formed between them which lasted to their ...
Samuel Johnson. became acquainted with Gay , found such attrac tions in his manners and conversation , that he seems to have received him into his inmost confi . dence ; and a friendship was formed between them which lasted to their ...
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Aaron Hill acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber contempt 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