Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 53
... mentioned Fenton mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury , must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is impossible to trace Fenton from year to year , or to discover what means he used for his support . He was a while ...
... mentioned Fenton mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury , must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is impossible to trace Fenton from year to year , or to discover what means he used for his support . He was a while ...
Page 178
... mentioned Pope's treatment of Savage . This was sup- posed by Pope to be the consequence of a complaint made by Savage to Henley , and was therefore mentioned by him with much resentment . Mr. Savage returned a very solemn protestation ...
... mentioned Pope's treatment of Savage . This was sup- posed by Pope to be the consequence of a complaint made by Savage to Henley , and was therefore mentioned by him with much resentment . Mr. Savage returned a very solemn protestation ...
Page 286
... mentioned Cibber ; who , in his Apology , complains of the great poet's unkindness as more injurious , because , says he , I never have offended him . It might have been expected that Pope should have been , in some degree , mollified ...
... mentioned Cibber ; who , in his Apology , complains of the great poet's unkindness as more injurious , because , says he , I never have offended him . It might have been expected that Pope should have been , in some degree , mollified ...
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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