Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... says of Savage , " Those are no proper judges of his conduct , who have slumbered away their time on the down of plenty ; nor will any wise man easily presume to say , ' Had I been in Savage's condition , I should have lived or written ...
... says of Savage , " Those are no proper judges of his conduct , who have slumbered away their time on the down of plenty ; nor will any wise man easily presume to say , ' Had I been in Savage's condition , I should have lived or written ...
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... says Tickell , “ an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better known of Boileau than that he had an injudicious and peevish contempt of modern Latin , and therefore his profession of regard was probably the effect of ...
... says Tickell , “ an opinion of the English genius for poetry . " Nothing is better known of Boileau than that he had an injudicious and peevish contempt of modern Latin , and therefore his profession of regard was probably the effect of ...
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... says Dryden , " my latter swarm is scarcely worth the hiving . " About the same time he composed the arguments prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil ; and produced an Essay on the Georgics , juvenile , superficial , and ...
... says Dryden , " my latter swarm is scarcely worth the hiving . " About the same time he composed the arguments prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil ; and produced an Essay on the Georgics , juvenile , superficial , and ...
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... say that they might have been written at home . His elegance of language , and variegation of prose and verse , however , gain upon the reader ; and the book , though awhile neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public ...
... say that they might have been written at home . His elegance of language , and variegation of prose and verse , however , gain upon the reader ; and the book , though awhile neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public ...
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... say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of their due praise ; they superadded literature and criticism , and sometimes towered far above their predecessors ; and taught , with ...
... say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of their due praise ; they superadded literature and criticism , and sometimes towered far above their predecessors ; and taught , with ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius honour Illustrated imagined Ireland Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric passion pension performance perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise promise published queen R. L. STEVENSON reader reason received regard resentment resolution retired Richard Savage ROBERT STAWELL BALL SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Savage's says Sempronius sent sentiments Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon Spectator STANLEY WEYMAN Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Vols Whigs write wrote