Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 32
... merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his election passed with- out a contest , adds that if he proposed himself for King he would hardly have been refused . His zeal for his party did not extinguish his ...
... merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his election passed with- out a contest , adds that if he proposed himself for King he would hardly have been refused . His zeal for his party did not extinguish his ...
Pagina 33
... merit . He demanded to be the first name in modern wit ; and , with Steele to echo him , used to depreciate Dryden , whom Pope and Congreve defended against them . There is no reason to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the pre ...
... merit . He demanded to be the first name in modern wit ; and , with Steele to echo him , used to depreciate Dryden , whom Pope and Congreve defended against them . There is no reason to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the pre ...
Pagina 38
... merit . It is more correct , with less appearance of labour , and more elegant , with less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There is , however , one broken metaphor , of which notice may properly be taken : - Fired ...
... merit . It is more correct , with less appearance of labour , and more elegant , with less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There is , however , one broken metaphor , of which notice may properly be taken : - Fired ...
Pagina 43
... merit , and scorns to make a cabal . That people come coolly to the representation of such a tragedy , without any violent expectation , or delusive imagination , or invincible prepossession ; that such an audience is liable to receive ...
... merit , and scorns to make a cabal . That people come coolly to the representation of such a tragedy , without any violent expectation , or delusive imagination , or invincible prepossession ; that such an audience is liable to receive ...
Pagina 44
... merits or demerits , they must be punished or rewarded . If this is not done , there is no impartial distribution of poetical justice , no instruc- tive lecture of a particular Providence , and no imitation of the Divine Dispensation ...
... merits or demerits , they must be punished or rewarded . If this is not done , there is no impartial distribution of poetical justice , no instruc- tive lecture of a particular Providence , and no imitation of the Divine Dispensation ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cato censure character Chevy Chase conduct considered contempt conversation criticism death declared Delany discovered distress elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius Georgic honour imagined Ireland Juba Juba's justly kindness knew letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric paper passion pension performance perhaps person pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise procured promise published queen reader reason received regard reputation resentment resolution retired Richard Savage Savage Savage's says scrupulosity Sempronius sentiments Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele Sir Robert Walpole Sir Thomas Overbury solicited sometimes soon Spectator Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Whigs write wrote