The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, المجلد 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... shew him sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment ; the plot is busy ...
... shew him sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment ; the plot is busy ...
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... shew what they shall have to catch and carry : . ' Twas now , when flowery lawns the prospect made , And flowing brooks beneath a forest shade , A lowing heifer , loveliest of the herd , Stood feeding by ; while two fierce bulls prepar ...
... shew what they shall have to catch and carry : . ' Twas now , when flowery lawns the prospect made , And flowing brooks beneath a forest shade , A lowing heifer , loveliest of the herd , Stood feeding by ; while two fierce bulls prepar ...
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... shew little wit and little virtue . Yet to him , it must be confessed , that we are indebted for the correction of a national error , and for the cure of our Pindaric madness . He first taught the English writers that Pindar's odes were ...
... shew little wit and little virtue . Yet to him , it must be confessed , that we are indebted for the correction of a national error , and for the cure of our Pindaric madness . He first taught the English writers that Pindar's odes were ...
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... shew with how little clearness he is content to think , and how little his thoughts are recom- mended by his language : - " As to its efficient cause , wit owes its production to an extraordinary and peculiar temperament in the constitu ...
... shew with how little clearness he is content to think , and how little his thoughts are recom- mended by his language : - " As to its efficient cause , wit owes its production to an extraordinary and peculiar temperament in the constitu ...
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... shew particular respect and friendship to this insolent derider of the worship of his country , till at last the reputed writer is not only gone off with impunity , but triumphs in his dignity and preferment . I do not know that any ...
... shew particular respect and friendship to this insolent derider of the worship of his country , till at last the reputed writer is not only gone off with impunity , but triumphs in his dignity and preferment . I do not know that any ...
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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