Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 63
... pounds ; 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 ...
... pounds ; 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 ...
Page 207
... pounds a year . Swift was popular a while by another mode of bene- ficence . He set aside some hundreds to be lent in small sums to the poor , from five shillings , I think , to five pounds . He took no interest , and only required that ...
... pounds a year . Swift was popular a while by another mode of bene- ficence . He set aside some hundreds to be lent in small sums to the poor , from five shillings , I think , to five pounds . He took no interest , and only required that ...
Page 408
... pounds . A considerable sum had already been swallowed up in the South - Sea . For this loss he took the vengeance ... pounds ; and that , when one of his friends exclaimed , Two thousand pounds for a poem ! he said it was the best ...
... pounds . A considerable sum had already been swallowed up in the South - Sea . For this loss he took the vengeance ... pounds ; and that , when one of his friends exclaimed , Two thousand pounds for a poem ! he said it was the best ...
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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