Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 295
... delight to heat potted lampreys . That he loved too well to eat , is certain ; but that his sensuality shortened his life will not be hastily concluded , when it is remembered that a conformation so irregular lasted six and fifty years ...
... delight to heat potted lampreys . That he loved too well to eat , is certain ; but that his sensuality shortened his life will not be hastily concluded , when it is remembered that a conformation so irregular lasted six and fifty years ...
Page 351
... delight in carousing with lord Hertford and his friends than assisting her ladyship's poetical operations , and therefore never received another summons . Autumn , the season to which the Spring and Summer are preparatory , still ...
... delight in carousing with lord Hertford and his friends than assisting her ladyship's poetical operations , and therefore never received another summons . Autumn , the season to which the Spring and Summer are preparatory , still ...
Page 389
... delight and advantage ; for he continued his name in the book ten years , though he took no degree . After the first four years he put on the Civilian's gown , but without shewing any intention to engage in the profession . About the ...
... delight and advantage ; for he continued his name in the book ten years , though he took no degree . After the first four years he put on the Civilian's gown , but without shewing any intention to engage in the profession . About the ...
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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