Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... Edward Young remained till the election after his eighteenth birth - day , the period at which those upon the foundation are superannuated . Whether he did not betray his abilities early in life , or his masters had not skill enough to ...
... Edward Young remained till the election after his eighteenth birth - day , the period at which those upon the foundation are superannuated . Whether he did not betray his abilities early in life , or his masters had not skill enough to ...
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... Edward Young , at East- bury in Dorsetshire , on the Review at Sarum , 1722 . While with your Dodington retired you sit , Charm'd with his flowing Burgundy and wit , & c . " Thomson , in his Autumn , addressing Mr. Dodington , calls his ...
... Edward Young , at East- bury in Dorsetshire , on the Review at Sarum , 1722 . While with your Dodington retired you sit , Charm'd with his flowing Burgundy and wit , & c . " Thomson , in his Autumn , addressing Mr. Dodington , calls his ...
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... Young was fond of holding himself out for a man retired from the world . But he seemed to have forgotten that the same verse which contains oblitus meorum , contains ... Edward Young an anecdote which wanders among readers YOUNG 433.
... Young was fond of holding himself out for a man retired from the world . But he seemed to have forgotten that the same verse which contains oblitus meorum , contains ... Edward Young an anecdote which wanders among readers YOUNG 433.
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