Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot , nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my ...
... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot , nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my ...
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... kind- ness from the house of Hanover . He did not , however , omit to improve the right which his office had given him to the notice of the royal family . On the arrival of the princess of Wales , he wrote a poem , and obtained so much ...
... kind- ness from the house of Hanover . He did not , however , omit to improve the right which his office had given him to the notice of the royal family . On the arrival of the princess of Wales , he wrote a poem , and obtained so much ...
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... kind . Under such a tutor , Mr. Savage was not likely to learn prudence or frugality ; and perhaps many of the mis- fortunes , which the want of those virtues brought upon him in the following parts of his life , might be justly im ...
... kind . Under such a tutor , Mr. Savage was not likely to learn prudence or frugality ; and perhaps many of the mis- fortunes , which the want of those virtues brought upon him in the following parts of his life , might be justly im ...
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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