Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... poem on the Kit - cat Club , and Advice to the Poets how to Celebrate the Duke of Marlborough ; but on occasion of another year of success , thinking himself qualified to give more instruc- tion , he again wrote a poem of Advice to a ...
... poem on the Kit - cat Club , and Advice to the Poets how to Celebrate the Duke of Marlborough ; but on occasion of another year of success , thinking himself qualified to give more instruc- tion , he again wrote a poem of Advice to a ...
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... poem written on that incident of his life , trusted and was trusted ; but soon found that his confidence was ill - grounded , and this friendly promise was not inviolable . He ... poem On Publick Spirit , with regard 146 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... poem written on that incident of his life , trusted and was trusted ; but soon found that his confidence was ill - grounded , and this friendly promise was not inviolable . He ... poem On Publick Spirit , with regard 146 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... 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 would have thought ...
... 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 would have thought ...
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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