Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 |
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Pagina 180
... easily engaged , and easily disgusted ; but he is ac- cused of retaining his hatred more tenaciously than his benevolence . He was compassionate both by nature and principle , and always ready to perform offices of humanity ; but when ...
... easily engaged , and easily disgusted ; but he is ac- cused of retaining his hatred more tenaciously than his benevolence . He was compassionate both by nature and principle , and always ready to perform offices of humanity ; but when ...
Pagina 268
... easily excused . Pope , in one of his Letters , complaining of the treat- ment which his poem had found , owns that such criticks can intimidate him , nay almost persuade him to write no more , which is a compliment this age deserves ...
... easily excused . Pope , in one of his Letters , complaining of the treat- ment which his poem had found , owns that such criticks can intimidate him , nay almost persuade him to write no more , which is a compliment this age deserves ...
Pagina 447
... easily avoid , a lover of contradiction , and no friend to any thing established . He adopted Shaftesbury's foolish assertion of the efficacy of ridicule for the discovery of truth . For this he was attacked by Warburton , and defended ...
... easily avoid , a lover of contradiction , and no friend to any thing established . He adopted Shaftesbury's foolish assertion of the efficacy of ridicule for the discovery of truth . For this he was attacked by Warburton , and defended ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young