The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Količina 3Methuen, 1896 |
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Stran 73
... remarked of the studious and speculative , that they are proud of trifles , and that their amusements seem frivolous and childish ; whether it be that men conscious of great reputation think themselves above the reach of censure , and ...
... remarked of the studious and speculative , that they are proud of trifles , and that their amusements seem frivolous and childish ; whether it be that men conscious of great reputation think themselves above the reach of censure , and ...
Stran 112
... remarked , that he began a little to relax his dignity when he wrote a distich for his Highness's dog . His admiration of the Great seems to have increased in the advance of life . He passed over peers and statesmen 112 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... remarked , that he began a little to relax his dignity when he wrote a distich for his Highness's dog . His admiration of the Great seems to have increased in the advance of life . He passed over peers and statesmen 112 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Stran 127
... remarked that both end with the same fault , the comparison of each is literal on one side and metaphorical on the other . Poets do not always express their own thoughts ; Pope , with all this labour in the praise of Music , was ...
... remarked that both end with the same fault , the comparison of each is literal on one side and metaphorical on the other . Poets do not always express their own thoughts ; Pope , with all this labour in the praise of Music , was ...
Stran 130
... remarked that the preternatural agents are very happily adapted to the purposes of the poem . The heathen deities can no longer gain attention : we should have turned away from a contest between Venus and Diana . The employment of alle ...
... remarked that the preternatural agents are very happily adapted to the purposes of the poem . The heathen deities can no longer gain attention : we should have turned away from a contest between Venus and Diana . The employment of alle ...
Stran 131
... remarked by Dennis likewise , that the machinery is superfluous ; that , by all the bustle of preternatural operation , the main event is neither hastened nor retarded . To this charge an efficacious answer is not easily made . The ...
... remarked by Dennis likewise , that the machinery is superfluous ; that , by all the bustle of preternatural operation , the main event is neither hastened nor retarded . To this charge an efficacious answer is not easily made . The ...
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Aaron Hill acquainted Addison afterwards appears attention blank verse Bolingbroke called censure character copy criticism Curll death dedication delight diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad edition Edward Young elegance endeavoured English English poetry Epistle epitaph Essay excellence expected fame father faults favour friendship genius Homer honour hope Iliad Ireland kind King known labour lady language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lyttelton Mallet mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers opinion Orrery passion perhaps persuaded Philips Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed produced published reader reason received reputation rhyme satire says seems Sir George Lyttelton Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift tell Thomson told tragedy translation virtue Walpole Warburton Westminster Abbey Winchester College write written wrote Young