Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 67
... given to two widow sisters , who inherited what he left , as his lawful heirs ; for he died without a will , though he had gathered three thousand pounds . There have appeared likewise under his name a comedy called the Distrest Wife ...
... given to two widow sisters , who inherited what he left , as his lawful heirs ; for he died without a will , though he had gathered three thousand pounds . There have appeared likewise under his name a comedy called the Distrest Wife ...
Page 220
... given by Broome of their different parts , which however mentions only five books as written by the coadjutors ; the fourth and twentieth by Fenton ; the sixth , the eleventh , and the eighteenth by himself ; though Pope , in an ...
... given by Broome of their different parts , which however mentions only five books as written by the coadjutors ; the fourth and twentieth by Fenton ; the sixth , the eleventh , and the eighteenth by himself ; though Pope , in an ...
Page 244
... given to this translation , though report seems to have overrated it , was such as the world has not often seen . The subscribers were five hundred and seventy - five . The copies for which subscriptions were given were six hundred and ...
... given to this translation , though report seems to have overrated it , was such as the world has not often seen . The subscribers were five hundred and seventy - five . The copies for which subscriptions were given were six hundred 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