Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 101
... kind . Under such a tutor , Mr. Savage was not likely to learn prudence or frugality ; and perhaps many of the mis- fortunes , which the want of those virtues brought upon him in the following parts of his life , might be justly im ...
... kind . Under such a tutor , Mr. Savage was not likely to learn prudence or frugality ; and perhaps many of the mis- fortunes , which the want of those virtues brought upon him in the following parts of his life , might be justly im ...
Page 139
... kind his lines there relating to the King ; that he had permis- sion to write annually on the same subject ; and that he should yearly receive the like present , till something better ( which was her Majesty's intention ) could be done ...
... kind his lines there relating to the King ; that he had permis- sion to write annually on the same subject ; and that he should yearly receive the like present , till something better ( which was her Majesty's intention ) could be done ...
Page 413
... kind of Poetry , and that the Pindarick is the most spirited kind of Ode . “ This I speak , " he adds , with sufficient candour , " at my own very great peril . But truth has an eternal title to our confession , though we are sure to ...
... kind of Poetry , and that the Pindarick is the most spirited kind of Ode . “ This I speak , " he adds , with sufficient candour , " at my own very great peril . But truth has an eternal title to our confession , though we are sure to ...
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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