Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... desire of immediate renown , and keep his work nine years unpub- lished , he will be still the author , and still in danger of deceiving himself ; and if he consults his friends , he will probably find men who have more kindness than ...
... desire of immediate renown , and keep his work nine years unpub- lished , he will be still the author , and still in danger of deceiving himself ; and if he consults his friends , he will probably find men who have more kindness than ...
Page 84
... desire him to look over my first book , because , if he did , it would have the air of double - dealing . " I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to publish his translation ; that he certainly ...
... desire him to look over my first book , because , if he did , it would have the air of double - dealing . " I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to publish his translation ; that he certainly ...
Page 187
... desire of surveying human life through all its varieties ; and others , perhaps with equal probability , to a passion which seems to have been deep fixed in his heart , the love of a shilling . In time he began to think that his ...
... desire of surveying human life through all its varieties ; and others , perhaps with equal probability , to a passion which seems to have been deep fixed in his heart , the love of a shilling . In time he began to think that his ...
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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