Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 156
... printing his works by subscription , to which he was encouraged by the success of many who had not a better right to ... printed with fresher dates . To form schemes for the publication was one of his favourite amusements ; nor was he ...
... printing his works by subscription , to which he was encouraged by the success of many who had not a better right to ... printed with fresher dates . To form schemes for the publication was one of his favourite amusements ; nor was he ...
Page 240
... printed but for the author , that the subscrip- tion might not be depreciated ; but Lintot impressed the same pages ... printed for the subscribers . Lintot printed two hundred and fifty on royal paper in Folio for two guineas a volume ...
... printed but for the author , that the subscrip- tion might not be depreciated ; but Lintot impressed the same pages ... printed for the subscribers . Lintot printed two hundred and fifty on royal paper in Folio for two guineas a volume ...
Page 373
... printed under the direction of Boulter would have nothing in it indecent or licentious ; its title is to be understood as implying only freedom from unreasonable prejudice . It has been re- printed in volumes , but is little read ; nor ...
... printed under the direction of Boulter would have nothing in it indecent or licentious ; its title is to be understood as implying only freedom from unreasonable prejudice . It has been re- printed in volumes , but is little read ; nor ...
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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