Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 |
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Pagina 91
... excellence as to raise much envy , it may commonly be said at least , that he writes very well for a gentleman . His serious pieces are sometimes elevated , and his trifles are sometimes elegant . In his verses to Addison the couplet ...
... excellence as to raise much envy , it may commonly be said at least , that he writes very well for a gentleman . His serious pieces are sometimes elevated , and his trifles are sometimes elegant . In his verses to Addison the couplet ...
Pagina 280
... excellence , commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms . But to the particular species of excellence men are directed , not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour , but by the ...
... excellence , commonly spend life in one pursuit ; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms . But to the particular species of excellence men are directed , not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour , but by the ...
Pagina 322
... excellence of other passages ; such as the formation and dissolution of Moore , the account of the Traveller , the misfortune of the Florist , and the crowded thoughts and stately numbers which dignify the concluding para- graph . The ...
... excellence of other passages ; such as the formation and dissolution of Moore , the account of the Traveller , the misfortune of the Florist , and the crowded thoughts and stately numbers which dignify the concluding para- graph . The ...
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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 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
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