Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 152
... manner of life , and constant appearance at houses of public resort , always procured him a new succession of friends , whose kindness had not been exhausted by re- peated requests ; so that he was seldom absolutely without resources ...
... manner of life , and constant appearance at houses of public resort , always procured him a new succession of friends , whose kindness had not been exhausted by re- peated requests ; so that he was seldom absolutely without resources ...
Page 159
... manner , that his poem may be justly ranked among the best pieces that the death of princes has produced . By transferring the mention of her death to her birth - day , he has formed a happy combination of topicks , which any other man ...
... manner , that his poem may be justly ranked among the best pieces that the death of princes has produced . By transferring the mention of her death to her birth - day , he has formed a happy combination of topicks , which any other man ...
Page 230
... manner of provocation on his side , and attacked in his person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when all the world knew he was persecuted by fortune ; and not only saw that this was ...
... manner of provocation on his side , and attacked in his person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when all the world knew he was persecuted by fortune ; and not only saw that this was ...
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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