The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Količina 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... verses , said , ' Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet , ' and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with his manuscripts to Swift , for whom he had ...
... verses , said , ' Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet , ' and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with his manuscripts to Swift , for whom he had ...
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... verse or prose ; of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la bagatelle ; he thought trifles a necessary part of life , and perhaps found ...
... verse or prose ; of his verses he willingly gave copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la bagatelle ; he thought trifles a necessary part of life , and perhaps found ...
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... verses exemplify his own definition of a good style , they consist of proper words in proper places . To divide this collection into classes , and show how some pieces are gross , and some are trifling , would be to tell the reader what ...
... verses exemplify his own definition of a good style , they consist of proper words in proper places . To divide this collection into classes , and show how some pieces are gross , and some are trifling , would be to tell the reader what ...
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... verses of some former poet . Sometimes he copies the most popular writers , for he seems scarcely to endeavour at concealment ; and sometimes he picks up fragments in obscure His lines to Fenton , corners . ' Serene , the sting of pain ...
... verses of some former poet . Sometimes he copies the most popular writers , for he seems scarcely to endeavour at concealment ; and sometimes he picks up fragments in obscure His lines to Fenton , corners . ' Serene , the sting of pain ...
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... verses of his own intermixed , which he persuaded his school - fellows to act , with the addition of his master's gardener , who personated Ajax . At the two last schools he used to represent himself as having lost part of what Taverner ...
... verses of his own intermixed , which he persuaded his school - fellows to act , with the addition of his master's gardener , who personated Ajax . At the two last schools he used to represent himself as having lost part of what Taverner ...
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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