The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, المجلد 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... equal kindness . He writes to his patron , the lord Halifax , a de- dication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : " de gustibus non ...
... equal kindness . He writes to his patron , the lord Halifax , a de- dication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : " de gustibus non ...
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... equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in critical abilities . " He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and , instead of slackening , quickened his career . Having , in two years , produced ...
... equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in critical abilities . " He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and , instead of slackening , quickened his career . Having , in two years , produced ...
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... equal diversity in the dispositions and manners of mankind : whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous and absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How sur- prising is it to observe , among the ...
... equal diversity in the dispositions and manners of mankind : whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous and absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How sur- prising is it to observe , among the ...
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... equal happiness . ous . To examine his performances one by one would be tedi- His translation from Homer into blank verse will find few readers , while another can be had in rhyme . The piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable ...
... equal happiness . ous . To examine his performances one by one would be tedi- His translation from Homer into blank verse will find few readers , while another can be had in rhyme . The piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable ...
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... equal applause , it spread into all the great towns of England ; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty , & c . It made its progress into Wales , Scotland , and Ireland , where it was ...
... equal applause , it spread into all the great towns of England ; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty , & c . It made its progress into Wales , Scotland , and Ireland , where it was ...
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Aaron Hill acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence father faults favour Fenton friends friendship gave genius honour Iliad imagination kind king known labour lady learning letter lines lived lord lord Halifax Lyttelton mankind mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers observed once Orrery panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published queen racter reader reason received remarkable reputation resentment rhyme satire Savage says seems shew shewn sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue write written wrote Young