The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... , and in such want of repair , after a conversation with men , not , in the opinion of the world , much wiser than himself ? But such are the conceits of speculatists , who strain their faculties to find in a 12 PRIOR .
... , and in such want of repair , after a conversation with men , not , in the opinion of the world , much wiser than himself ? But such are the conceits of speculatists , who strain their faculties to find in a 12 PRIOR .
Pagina 25
... conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Spectator , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men with whom he might be supposed willing to ...
... conversation pleasing . He seems not to have taken much pleasure in writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Spectator , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men with whom he might be supposed willing to ...
Pagina 41
... with more valuable sentiments at the table conversation of ingenious and learned men . " I am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and will therefore quote from another preface a passage less BLACKMORE . 41.
... with more valuable sentiments at the table conversation of ingenious and learned men . " I am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and will therefore quote from another preface a passage less BLACKMORE . 41.
Pagina 49
... conversation the account is uniform : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree amiable and excellent . Such was the character given him by the Earl of Orrery , his pupil ; such is the testimony of ...
... conversation the account is uniform : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree amiable and excellent . Such was the character given him by the Earl of Orrery , his pupil ; such is the testimony of ...
Pagina 52
... conversation , that he seems to have received him into his inmost confidence ; and a friendship was formed between them which lasted to their separation by death , without any known abatement on either part . Gay was the general ...
... conversation , that he seems to have received him into his inmost confidence ; and a friendship was formed between them which lasted to their separation by death , without any known abatement on either part . Gay was the general ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber contempt conversation criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad edition elegance endeavoured English English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination Johnson's Lives kind King known labour Lady language learning letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Landsdowne Lyttelton mankind mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once Orrery panegyric passion Paul Heyse performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published Queen racter reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue whigs write written wrote Young