The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 73
Page 3
... wrote Mully of Mountown , à poem ; by which , though fanciful readers in the pride of fagacity have given it a political interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expreffed , as it was dictated only by the author's delight ...
... wrote Mully of Mountown , à poem ; by which , though fanciful readers in the pride of fagacity have given it a political interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expreffed , as it was dictated only by the author's delight ...
Page 4
... wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwithstanding its title , for purity of fentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery , which he published , with fome letters to Dr. Lifter . In 1710 he appeared , as a lover ...
... wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwithstanding its title , for purity of fentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery , which he published , with fome letters to Dr. Lifter . In 1710 he appeared , as a lover ...
Page 8
... wrote to the lords , and other commiffioners , a formal profeffion of his unwillingness to exercife that authority any longer , and withdrew himself from them , After After they had read his letter , they adjourned for S PRAT .
... wrote to the lords , and other commiffioners , a formal profeffion of his unwillingness to exercife that authority any longer , and withdrew himself from them , After After they had read his letter , they adjourned for S PRAT .
Page 14
... wrote an answer to Bromley's fpeech against occasional * This Anecdote I have heard related of the Earl of Shaftesbury , Author of the Characteristics . con conformity . He headed the Enquiry into the danger of $ 4 HALIFAX .
... wrote an answer to Bromley's fpeech against occasional * This Anecdote I have heard related of the Earl of Shaftesbury , Author of the Characteristics . con conformity . He headed the Enquiry into the danger of $ 4 HALIFAX .
Page 33
... wrote in diftrefs , and therefore does not appear to have ever written in hafte . His works were finished to his own approbation , and bear few marks of negligence or hurry . It is remarkable that his prologues and epi- logues are all ...
... wrote in diftrefs , and therefore does not appear to have ever written in hafte . His works were finished to his own approbation , and bear few marks of negligence or hurry . It is remarkable that his prologues and epi- logues are all ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Addiſon affiftance afterwards againſt anſwer appeared becauſe Beggar's Opera beſt Cato cenfure character compofitions confidered converfation death deferved defign defired diſcovered earl eaſily Effay elegance endeavoured Engliſh faid fame fatire favour fays fcenes feems feldom fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupplied fuppofed fupport fure genius himſelf honour houfe houſe intereft juft kindneſs king laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord maſter moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perhaps pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe promife publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſed reafon refolution Savage ſeems ſhe ſtate Swift Syphax Tatler tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion tranflated Tyrconnel uſed verfes verſes Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote