Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 219
... known Ford , by whom I have formerly heard him described as a contracted scholar and a mere versifyer , unacquainted with life , and unskilful in conversation . His addiction to metre was then such , that his companions familiarly ...
... known Ford , by whom I have formerly heard him described as a contracted scholar and a mere versifyer , unacquainted with life , and unskilful in conversation . His addiction to metre was then such , that his companions familiarly ...
Page 279
... known integrity , and active benevolence , by whose solicitation the wealthy were persuaded to pay contributions to his charitable schemes ; this influence he obtained by an example of liberality exerted to the utmost extent of his ...
... known integrity , and active benevolence , by whose solicitation the wealthy were persuaded to pay contributions to his charitable schemes ; this influence he obtained by an example of liberality exerted to the utmost extent of his ...
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... known to have cost him at least a thousand pounds . He began to print in 1755 . Three volumes appeared in 1764 , a second edition of them in 1767 , a third edition in 1768 , and the conclusion in 1771 . Andrew Reid , a man not without ...
... known to have cost him at least a thousand pounds . He began to print in 1755 . Three volumes appeared in 1764 , a second edition of them in 1767 , a third edition in 1768 , and the conclusion in 1771 . Andrew Reid , a man not without ...
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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