Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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... king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another embassy at the treaty of Ryswick ( in 1697 ) ; and next year had the same office at the court of France , where he is said to have been ...
... king , by whom it was not likely to be ever read . In two years he was secretary to another embassy at the treaty of Ryswick ( in 1697 ) ; and next year had the same office at the court of France , where he is said to have been ...
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... King's religion was insinuated or obtruded . He endeavoured to be true at once to the King and to the Church . Of this regulated loyalty he has transmitted to posterity a sufficient proof , in the letter which he wrote to his father ...
... King's religion was insinuated or obtruded . He endeavoured to be true at once to the King and to the Church . Of this regulated loyalty he has transmitted to posterity a sufficient proof , in the letter which he wrote to his father ...
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... King of Men his reverend priest defy'd , And for the King's offence , the people dy'd . Declare , O Goddess , what offended Power Enflam'd their rage , in that ill omen'd hour ; fatal , hapless anger Phoebus himself the dire debate ...
... King of Men his reverend priest defy'd , And for the King's offence , the people dy'd . Declare , O Goddess , what offended Power Enflam'd their rage , in that ill omen'd hour ; fatal , hapless anger Phoebus himself the dire debate ...
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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