Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 56
Page 64
... Queen , and Gay was to be great and happy ; but upon the settlement of the household he found himself ap- pointed gentleman usher to the princess Louisa . By this offer he thought himself insulted , and sent a message to the Queen ...
... Queen , and Gay was to be great and happy ; but upon the settlement of the household he found himself ap- pointed gentleman usher to the princess Louisa . By this offer he thought himself insulted , and sent a message to the Queen ...
Page 114
... Queen ; whether she that invented had the front to relate it ; whether she found any one weak enough to credit it , or corrupt enough to concur with her in her hateful design , I know not : but methods had been taken to persuade the Queen ...
... Queen ; whether she that invented had the front to relate it ; whether she found any one weak enough to credit it , or corrupt enough to concur with her in her hateful design , I know not : but methods had been taken to persuade the Queen ...
Page 141
... Queen for the favours which he had received , and to complain to her of the delay of those which she had promised : in some of his pieces , therefore , gratitude is predominant , and in some discontent ; in some he repre- sents himself ...
... Queen for the favours which he had received , and to complain to her of the delay of those which she had promised : in some of his pieces , therefore , gratitude is predominant , and in some discontent ; in some he repre- sents himself ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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