Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 63
... called his friends to a consulta- tion , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to intrust it to the funds , and live upon the interest ; Arbuthnot bade him intrust it to Providence , and ...
... called his friends to a consulta- tion , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to intrust it to the funds , and live upon the interest ; Arbuthnot bade him intrust it to Providence , and ...
Page 220
... called Pope's Miscellanies , many of his early pieces were inserted . Pope and Broome were to be yet more closely con- nected . When the success of the Iliad gave encouragement to a version of the Odyssey , Pope , weary of the toil , called ...
... called Pope's Miscellanies , many of his early pieces were inserted . Pope and Broome were to be yet more closely con- nected . When the success of the Iliad gave encouragement to a version of the Odyssey , Pope , weary of the toil , called ...
Page 444
... called The Patriot King , Bolingbroke , in a fit of useless fury , resolved to blast his memory , and employed Mallet ( 1747 ) as the executioner of his vengeance . Mallet had not virtue , or had not spirit , to refuse the office ; and ...
... called The Patriot King , Bolingbroke , in a fit of useless fury , resolved to blast his memory , and employed Mallet ( 1747 ) as the executioner of his vengeance . Mallet had not virtue , or had not spirit , to refuse the office ; and ...
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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