Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... Such was the character given him by the earl of Orrery , his pupil ; such is the testimony of Pope , and such were the suffrages of all who could boast of his acquaintance . By a former writer of his Life a story is 56 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... Such was the character given him by the earl of Orrery , his pupil ; such is the testimony of Pope , and such were the suffrages of all who could boast of his acquaintance . By a former writer of his Life a story is 56 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Page 198
... Orrery and Dr. Delany , are so different , that the credit of the writers , both undoubtedly veracious , cannot be saved , but by supposing , what I think is true , that they speak of different times . When Delany says that he was ...
... Orrery and Dr. Delany , are so different , that the credit of the writers , both undoubtedly veracious , cannot be saved , but by supposing , what I think is true , that they speak of different times . When Delany says that he was ...
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... Orrery , he said of one that waited in the room , That man has , since we sat to the table , committed fifteen faults . What the faults were , Lord Orrery , from whom I heard the story , had not been attentive enough to discover . My ...
... Orrery , he said of one that waited in the room , That man has , since we sat to the table , committed fifteen faults . What the faults were , Lord Orrery , from whom I heard the story , had not been attentive enough to discover . My ...
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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