Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 53
... FENTON is not the effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelligence among his rela- tions in his ... Fenton mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury , must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is ...
... FENTON is not the effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelligence among his rela- tions in his ... Fenton mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury , must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is ...
Page 55
... Fenton's profits are said to have amounted to near a thousand pounds , with which he discharged a debt contracted by his attendance at court . Fenton seems to have had some peculiar system of versification . Mariamne is written in lines ...
... Fenton's profits are said to have amounted to near a thousand pounds , with which he discharged a debt contracted by his attendance at court . Fenton seems to have had some peculiar system of versification . Mariamne is written in lines ...
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... Fenton and Broome to his assistance ; and , taking only half the work upon himself , divided the other half between his partners , giving four books to Fenton , and eight to Broome . Fenton's books I have enumerated in his Life ; to the ...
... Fenton and Broome to his assistance ; and , taking only half the work upon himself , divided the other half between his partners , giving four books to Fenton , and eight to Broome . Fenton's books I have enumerated in his Life ; to the ...
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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 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