Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... continued to act without a title till the duke returned next year to England , and then he assumed the style and dignity of ambassador . But , while he continued in appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis ...
... continued to act without a title till the duke returned next year to England , and then he assumed the style and dignity of ambassador . But , while he continued in appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis ...
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... continued to gratify himself , and to set very little value on the opinion of others . But here , as in every other scene of his life , he made use of such opportunities as occurred of benefiting those who were more miserable than ...
... continued to gratify himself , and to set very little value on the opinion of others . But here , as in every other scene of his life , he made use of such opportunities as occurred of benefiting those who were more miserable than ...
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... continued his industry for seven years , with what improvement is sufficiently known This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful admonition and powerful encouragement to men , whose abilities have been ...
... continued his industry for seven years , with what improvement is sufficiently known This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful admonition and powerful encouragement to men , whose abilities have been ...
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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