Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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... fortune of its author ; and finding nothing done , sunk into dejection . His friends endeavoured to divert him . The earl of Burlington sent him ( 1716 ) into Devonshire ; the year after , Mr. Pulteney took him to Aix ; and in the ...
... fortune of its author ; and finding nothing done , sunk into dejection . His friends endeavoured to divert him . The earl of Burlington sent him ( 1716 ) into Devonshire ; the year after , Mr. Pulteney took him to Aix ; and in the ...
Page 131
... fortune has a natural tendency to kindle pride , and that pride seldom fails to exert itself in contempt and insult ; and if this is often the effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is some ...
... fortune has a natural tendency to kindle pride , and that pride seldom fails to exert itself in contempt and insult ; and if this is often the effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is some ...
Page 404
... fortune . Young concludes his address to Wharton thus- " My present fortune is his bounty , and my future his care ; which I will venture to say will be always remembered to his honour , since he , I know , intended his generosity as an ...
... fortune . Young concludes his address to Wharton thus- " My present fortune is his bounty , and my future his care ; which I will venture to say will be always remembered to his honour , since he , I know , intended his generosity as an ...
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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