Lives of the English Poets, Volumen2Oxford University Press, 1967 |
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... pieces are seldom either spritely or elegant , either keen or weighty . They are trifles written by idle- ness , and published by vanity . But his Prologues and Epilogues have a just claim to praise . The Progress of Beauty seems one of ...
... pieces are seldom either spritely or elegant , either keen or weighty . They are trifles written by idle- ness , and published by vanity . But his Prologues and Epilogues have a just claim to praise . The Progress of Beauty seems one of ...
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... pieces of theirs as had casually got abroad , there was added to them the Treatise of the Bathos , or the Art of Sinking in Poetry . It happened that in one chapter of this piece , the several species of bad poets were ranged in classes ...
... pieces of theirs as had casually got abroad , there was added to them the Treatise of the Bathos , or the Art of Sinking in Poetry . It happened that in one chapter of this piece , the several species of bad poets were ranged in classes ...
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... pieces here republished I have revised and corrected , and rendered them as pardonable as it was in my power to do . " ' Shall the gates of repentance be shut only against literary sinners ? ' When Addison published Cato in 1713 , Young ...
... pieces here republished I have revised and corrected , and rendered them as pardonable as it was in my power to do . " ' Shall the gates of repentance be shut only against literary sinners ? ' When Addison published Cato in 1713 , Young ...
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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 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