Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeCassell, 1892 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 24
... wish to be the author . " Solomon " is the work to which he entrusted the pro- tection of his name , and which he expected succeeding ages to regard with veneration . His affection was natural ; it had undoubtedly been written with ...
... wish to be the author . " Solomon " is the work to which he entrusted the pro- tection of his name , and which he expected succeeding ages to regard with veneration . His affection was natural ; it had undoubtedly been written with ...
Pagina 54
... Book of Psalms . This wish the piety of Blackmore led him to gratify , and he produced ( 1721 ) " A New Version of the Psalms of David fitted to the Tunes used in Churches , " which being recommended by the 54 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... Book of Psalms . This wish the piety of Blackmore led him to gratify , and he produced ( 1721 ) " A New Version of the Psalms of David fitted to the Tunes used in Churches , " which being recommended by the 54 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Pagina 64
... early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him , and foreseen the greatness of 64 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him , and foreseen the greatness of 64 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Pagina 81
... wishes to save his money conceals his avarice by his malice . Addison had hinted his suspicion that Pope was too much a Tory ; and some of the Tories suspected his principles because he had contributed to the Guardian , which was ...
... wishes to save his money conceals his avarice by his malice . Addison had hinted his suspicion that Pope was too much a Tory ; and some of the Tories suspected his principles because he had contributed to the Guardian , which was ...
Pagina 99
... wish or pleasure of all Englishman , who has more frequent need to solicit than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden ; and , as some men try to be proud of their defects , he extracted an ...
... wish or pleasure of all Englishman , who has more frequent need to solicit than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden ; and , as some men try to be proud of their defects , he extracted an ...
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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