Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 220
... hundred pounds paid to Fenton , and five hundred to Broome , with as many copies as he wanted for his friends , which amounted to one hundred more . The payment made to Fenton I know not but by hearsay ; Broome's is very distinctly told ...
... hundred pounds paid to Fenton , and five hundred to Broome , with as many copies as he wanted for his friends , which amounted to one hundred more . The payment made to Fenton I know not but by hearsay ; Broome's is very distinctly told ...
Page 240
... hundred pounds for every volume . Of the Quartos it was , I believe , stipulated that none should be printed but for ... hundred and fifty on royal paper in Folio for two guineas a volume ; of the small Folio , having printed seventeen ...
... hundred pounds for every volume . Of the Quartos it was , I believe , stipulated that none should be printed but for ... hundred and fifty on royal paper in Folio for two guineas a volume ; of the small Folio , having printed seventeen ...
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... hundred pounds were to be paid him for each volume . The number of subscribers was five hundred and seventy - four , and of copies eight hundred and nineteen ; so that his profit , when he had paid his assistants , was still very ...
... hundred pounds were to be paid him for each volume . The number of subscribers was five hundred and seventy - four , and of copies eight hundred and nineteen ; so that his profit , when he had paid his assistants , was still very ...
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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