Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 117
... appeared neither to consider himself as a murderer , nor as a man wholly free from the guilt of blood . How much and how long he regretted it , appeared in a poem which he published many years afterwards . On occasion of a copy of ...
... appeared neither to consider himself as a murderer , nor as a man wholly free from the guilt of blood . How much and how long he regretted it , appeared in a poem which he published many years afterwards . On occasion of a copy of ...
Page 154
... appeared in his conduct to the Lord Tyrconnel , from whom he very frequently demanded , that the allow- ance which was once paid him should be restored ; but with whom he never appeared to entertain for a moment the thought of ...
... appeared in his conduct to the Lord Tyrconnel , from whom he very frequently demanded , that the allow- ance which was once paid him should be restored ; but with whom he never appeared to entertain for a moment the thought of ...
Page 269
... appeared at the bar , and , knowing himself in no great danger , spoke of Pope with very little rever- ence . He has , said Curll , a knack at versifying , but in prose I think myself a match for him . When the orders of the House were ...
... appeared at the bar , and , knowing himself in no great danger , spoke of Pope with very little rever- ence . He has , said Curll , a knack at versifying , but in prose I think myself a match for him . When the orders of the House were ...
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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