Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 62
... favours , and he had dedicated his Shepherd's Week to Bolingbroke , which Swift considered as the crime that ... favour , that both the Prince and Princess went to see his What d'ye call it , a kind of mock - tragedy , in which ...
... favours , and he had dedicated his Shepherd's Week to Bolingbroke , which Swift considered as the crime that ... favour , that both the Prince and Princess went to see his What d'ye call it , a kind of mock - tragedy , in which ...
Page 141
... favour : or perhaps the Queen really intended his advancement , and therefore thought it superfluous to lavish presents upon a man whom she intended to establish for life . About this time not only his hopes were in danger of being ...
... favour : or perhaps the Queen really intended his advancement , and therefore thought it superfluous to lavish presents upon a man whom she intended to establish for life . About this time not only his hopes were in danger of being ...
Page 160
... favour was intended him , because he had not received his pension at the usual time . It is said , that he did not take those methods of retriev- ing his interest , which were most likely to succeed ; and some of those who were employed ...
... favour was intended him , because he had not received his pension at the usual time . It is said , that he did not take those methods of retriev- ing his interest , which were most likely to succeed ; and some of those who were employed ...
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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