Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 171
Samuel Johnson. now got one , but such an one as I believe nobody would chuse . ' I was arrested at the suit of Mrs. Read , just as I was going up stairs to bed , at Mr. Bowyer's ; but taken in so private a manner , that I believe nobody ...
Samuel Johnson. now got one , but such an one as I believe nobody would chuse . ' I was arrested at the suit of Mrs. Read , just as I was going up stairs to bed , at Mr. Bowyer's ; but taken in so private a manner , that I believe nobody ...
Page 239
... believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of em- ployment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with ...
... believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of em- ployment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with ...
Page 458
... believe to be good . What has occurred to me , from the slight inspection of his Letters in which my undertaking has ... believe what they do not understand ; fourthly , they will believe any thing at all , provided they are under no ...
... believe to be good . What has occurred to me , from the slight inspection of his Letters in which my undertaking has ... believe what they do not understand ; fourthly , they will believe any thing at all , provided they are under no ...
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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