Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 |
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Pagina 131
... effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is some extenuation of any indecent triumphs to which this unhappy man may have been betrayed , that his prosperity was heightened by the force of ...
... effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is some extenuation of any indecent triumphs to which this unhappy man may have been betrayed , that his prosperity was heightened by the force of ...
Pagina 298
... emotions of the mind often burst out , before they are considered ; in the tumult of business , interest and passion have their genuine effect ; but a friendly Letter is a calm and deliberate perform- 298 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... emotions of the mind often burst out , before they are considered ; in the tumult of business , interest and passion have their genuine effect ; but a friendly Letter is a calm and deliberate perform- 298 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Pagina 379
... effect is local and temporary ; they appeal not to reason or passion , but to memory , and pre - suppose an accidental or artificial state of mind . An Imitation of Spenser is nothing to a reader , however acute , by whom Spenser has ...
... effect is local and temporary ; they appeal not to reason or passion , but to memory , and pre - suppose an accidental or artificial state of mind . An Imitation of Spenser is nothing to a reader , however acute , by whom Spenser has ...
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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