Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeCassell, 1892 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 5
... case of Blackmore the regard for the religious purpose of Blackmore's " The Creation " gave to Johnson , as to poem on Addison , an undue sense of its literary value , 2800 666 With his " Life of Pope , " which INTRODUCTION. ...
... case of Blackmore the regard for the religious purpose of Blackmore's " The Creation " gave to Johnson , as to poem on Addison , an undue sense of its literary value , 2800 666 With his " Life of Pope , " which INTRODUCTION. ...
Pagina 31
... gave him a place in the Pipe- office , and another in the Customs , of six hundred pounds a year . Congreve's conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age ...
... gave him a place in the Pipe- office , and another in the Customs , of six hundred pounds a year . Congreve's conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age ...
Pagina 32
... gave another specimen of his abilities in The Double Dealer , which was not received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron the Lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few ...
... gave another specimen of his abilities in The Double Dealer , which was not received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron the Lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few ...
Pagina 39
... gave no proof that time had improved his wisdom or his wit , for , on the death of the Marquis of Blandford , this was his song : - " And now the winds , which had so long been still , Began the swelling air with sighs to fill ; The ...
... gave no proof that time had improved his wisdom or his wit , for , on the death of the Marquis of Blandford , this was his song : - " And now the winds , which had so long been still , Began the swelling air with sighs to fill ; The ...
Pagina 48
... gave advice to painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published “ Creation , ” a philo- sophical poem , which has been , by my recommendation , inserted in the late collection . Whoever judges of this by any other of Blackmore's ...
... gave advice to painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published “ Creation , ” a philo- sophical poem , which has been , by my recommendation , inserted in the late collection . Whoever judges of this by any other of Blackmore's ...
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Addison afterwards appear Atrides Battle of Ramillies beauties Binfield Blackmore Boileau Bolingbroke censure character Cibber composition Congreve considered contempt copies couplet criticism Curll declared delight Dennis desire diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Earl of Oxford edition elegance endeavoured English Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence fame faults favour friends friendship genius Halifax heroes Homer honour Iliad images imitation judgment kind King known labour language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mind nature never numbers o'er opinion original passages performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise printed Prior prose published readers reason remarks reputation resentment ridicule SAMUEL JOHNSON satire says seems sometimes supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation verses versification virtue volume Warburton Westminster Abbey WILLIAM CONGREVE write written wrote