Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... honour , and libertines who will sooner die than change their religion ; and though it is true that repug- nant ... honours . Having succeeded so well in his book on Creation , by which he established the great principle of all Religion ...
... honour , and libertines who will sooner die than change their religion ; and though it is true that repug- nant ... honours . Having succeeded so well in his book on Creation , by which he established the great principle of all Religion ...
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... honour con- ferred by the King , from whom all honour is derived , and which therefore no man has a right to bestow upon him- self ; and added , that he might , with equal propriety , style himself a Volunteer Lord , or Volunteer ...
... honour con- ferred by the King , from whom all honour is derived , and which therefore no man has a right to bestow upon him- self ; and added , that he might , with equal propriety , style himself a Volunteer Lord , or Volunteer ...
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... honour clear ! Who broke no promise , serv'd no private end , Who gained no title , and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself , by all approv'd , Prais'd , wept , and honour'd , by the Muse he lov'd . The lines on Craggs were not ...
... honour clear ! Who broke no promise , serv'd no private end , Who gained no title , and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself , by all approv'd , Prais'd , wept , and honour'd , by the Muse he lov'd . The lines on Craggs were not ...
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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