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Richard Blackmore [1]​ fue un poeta y médico inglés, recordado principalmente como objeto de sátiras y como ejemplo de mal poeta. Sin embargo fue un respetado médico y escritor religioso.

Nació en Corsham , hijo de un abogado rico. Fue educado en la escuela de Westminster muy brevemente, y en 1669 entró en St. Edmund Hall . En 1674 recibió su Bachillerato en Artes y en 1676 recibió una maestría. Fue profesor en la universidad por un tiempo, pero en 1682 recibió la herencia de su padre, y usó ese dinero para viajar. Se fue a Francia, Ginebra, y varios lugares de Italia. Estudió dos años en Padua, donde se graduó en medicina. Regresó a Inglaterra a través de Alemania y Holanda, y luego se estableció como médico.[2]​

En 1685 se casó con Mary Adams. En 1687, gracias a las conexiones de la familia de ella, consiguió un sitio en el Royal College of Physicians. Tuvo problemas con el Colegio, y fue censurado por despedirse sin permiso. Entre sus actos más notables resalta su firme oposición a un proyecto para la creación de un dispensario gratuito para los pobres en Londres, en 1699. Esta oposición fue satirizada por Samuel Garth en el periódico The Dispensary.[1]​ Wikipedia  

✵ 22. enero 1654 – 9. octubre 1729
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Richard Blackmore: Frases en inglés

“No more of courts, of triumphs, or of arms,
No more of Valour’s force, or Beauty's charms!
The themes of vulgar lays with just disdain
I leave unsung, the flocks, the amorous swain,
The pleasures of the land, and terrors of the main.
How abject, how inglorious 'tis to lie
Grovelling in dust and darkness, when on high
Empires immense, and rolling worlds of light,
To range their heavenly scenes the muse invite!”

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Book I, opening lines
Creation (1712)

“Tis in the power of Poetry to insinuate into the inmost Recesses of the Mind, to touch any Spring that moves the Heart, to agitate the Soul with any sort of Affection, and transform it into any Shape or Posture it thinks fit.”

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Preface to Prince Arthur (1695)

“Man is naturally a proud Animal, and is fond of nothing more than the Breath of Fame to sooth his Vanity, and flatter his Self-Admiration.”

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"An Essay upon False Vertue", p. 263
Essays Upon Several Subjects (1716)

“Fame, which is the opinion the World expresses of any Man's excellent Endowments, is the Idol to which the finest spirits have, in all Ages, burnt their Incense.”

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"An Essay upon False Vertue", p. 262
Essays Upon Several Subjects (1716)

“The Inclinations of Men, in this their degenerate State, carry them with great Force to those voluptuous Objects, that please their Appetites and gratify their Senses; and which not only by their early Acquaintance and Familiarity, but as they are adapted to the prevailing Instincts of Nature, are more esteem'd and pursu'd than all other Satisfactions. As those inferior Enjoyments, that only affect the Organs of the Body are chiefly coveted, so next to these, that light and facetious Qualification of the Mind, that diverts the Hearers and is proper to produce Mirth and Alacrity, has, in all Ages, by the greatest Part of Mankind, been admir'd and applauded. No Productions of Human Understanding are receiv'd with such a general Pleasure and Approbation, as those that abound with Wit and Humour, on which the People set a greater Value, than on the wisest and most instructive Discourses. Hence a pleasant Man is always caress'd above a wise one, and Ridicule and Satyr, that entertain the Laughers, often put solid Reason and useful Science out of Countenance. The wanton Temper of the Nation has been gratify'd so long with the high Seasonings of Wit and Raillery in Writing and Conversation, that now almost all Things that are not accommodated to their Relish by a strong Infusion of those Ingredients, are rejected as the heavy and insipid Performances of Men of a plain Understanding and meer Masters of Sense.”

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Essay upon Wit http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13484/13484-8.txt (1711)

“Homer excels in Genius, Virgil in Judgment. Homer as conscious of his great Riches and Fullness entertains the Reader with great Splendor and Magnificent Profusion. Virgil's Dishes are well chosen, and tho not Rich and Numerous, yet serv'd up in great Order and Decency. Homer's Imagination is Strong, Vast and Boundless, an unexhausted Treasure of all kinds of Images; which made his Admirers and Commentators in all Ages affirm, that all sorts of Learning were to be found in his Poems. Virgil's Imagination is not so Capacious, tho' his Ideas are Clear, Noble, and of great Conformity to their Objects. Homer has more of the Poetical Inspiration. His Fire burns with extraordinary Heat and Vehemence, and often breaks out in Flashes, which Surprise, Dazle and Astonish the Reader: Virgil's is a clearer and a chaster Flame, which pleases and delights, but never blazes in that extraordinary and surprising manner. Methinks there is the same Difference between these two great Poets, as there is between their Heros. Homer's Hero, Achilles, is Vehement, Raging and Impetuous. He is always on Fire, and transported with an immoderate and resistless Fury, performs every where Miraculous Atchievements, and like a rapid Torrent overturns all things in his way. Æneas, the Hero of the Latine Poet, is a calm, Sedate Warriour. He do's not want Courage, neither has he any to spare: and the Poet might have allowed him a little more Fire, without overheating him. As for Invention, 'tis evident the Greek Poet has mightily the advantage. Nothing is more Rich and Fertile than Homer's Fancy. He is Full, Abundant, and Diffusive above all others. Virgil on the other hand is rather dry, than fruitful. 'Tis plain the Latin Poet in all his famous Æneis, has very little, if any Design of his own …”

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Preface to King Arthur http://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/blackmore-king-arthur-I (1697)