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... Young , by adopting the dull and pompous account which was written for him by that Sir Herbert Croft , who afterwards behaved so basely to the family of Chatterton ; and he pro- posed to follow the same course with the life of Gray ...
... Young , by adopting the dull and pompous account which was written for him by that Sir Herbert Croft , who afterwards behaved so basely to the family of Chatterton ; and he pro- posed to follow the same course with the life of Gray ...
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... 46r . · • 213 1714-1763 . SHENSTONE . · 462 • • 215 1681-1765 . YOUNG . · • 466 . 221 1698-1765 . MALLET . • .490 • 248 • 1721-1770 . AKENSIDE . 251 1716-1771 . GRAY . 493 • 496 · • • 254 1709-1773 . LYTTELTON . • 502.
... 46r . · • 213 1714-1763 . SHENSTONE . · 462 • • 215 1681-1765 . YOUNG . · • 466 . 221 1698-1765 . MALLET . • .490 • 248 • 1721-1770 . AKENSIDE . 251 1716-1771 . GRAY . 493 • 496 · • • 254 1709-1773 . LYTTELTON . • 502.
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... young student , the greater part of his ' Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years after his settlement at ...
... young student , the greater part of his ' Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years after his settlement at ...
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... Young as thou wert to dangers , raw to war . O curst essay of arms , disastrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields and fights to come ! Hard elements of unauspicious war , Vain vows to Heaven , and unavailing care ! -Dryden . Hoffman , in ...
... Young as thou wert to dangers , raw to war . O curst essay of arms , disastrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields and fights to come ! Hard elements of unauspicious war , Vain vows to Heaven , and unavailing care ! -Dryden . Hoffman , in ...
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... ( young virgin ) but few suitors knew ; The common prostitute she lately grew , And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of ...
... ( young virgin ) but few suitors knew ; The common prostitute she lately grew , And with the spurious brood loads now the press ; Laborious effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of ...
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acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden compositions considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence faults favour fortune friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind king known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Halifax mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric Paradise Lost passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise present produced published queen reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sentiments sometimes supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller Westminster Abbey Whigs write written wrote Young