Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 |
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Pagina 131
... fortune has a natural tendency to kindle pride , and that pride seldom fails to exert itself in contempt and insult ; and if this is often the effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is some ...
... fortune has a natural tendency to kindle pride , and that pride seldom fails to exert itself in contempt and insult ; and if this is often the effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is some ...
Pagina 154
... fortune ; nor is that haughtiness , which the consciousness of great abilities incites , borne with the same submission as the tyranny of affluence ; and therefore Savage , by asserting his claim to deference and regard , and by ...
... fortune ; nor is that haughtiness , which the consciousness of great abilities incites , borne with the same submission as the tyranny of affluence ; and therefore Savage , by asserting his claim to deference and regard , and by ...
Pagina 155
... fortune , and flattered himself with advances to be made in science , as with riches , to be enjoyed in some distant period of his life . For the acquisition of know- ledge he was indeed far better qualified than for that of riches ...
... fortune , and flattered himself with advances to be made in science , as with riches , to be enjoyed in some distant period of his life . For the acquisition of know- ledge he was indeed far better qualified than for that of riches ...
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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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