Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... occasion . Jacob says , it is corrected and revised for another impression ; but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a poem on the ...
... occasion . Jacob says , it is corrected and revised for another impression ; but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a poem on the ...
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... occasion to dismiss him . It then became necessary to enquire more diligently what was determined in his affair , having reason to suspect that no great favour was intended him , because he had not received his pension at the usual time ...
... occasion to dismiss him . It then became necessary to enquire more diligently what was determined in his affair , having reason to suspect that no great favour was intended him , because he had not received his pension at the usual time ...
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... occasion . ' Next , I conjure you , dear Sir , by all the ties of friend- ship , by no means to have one uneasy thought on my account ; but to have the same pleasantry of countenance , and unruffled serenity of mind , which ( God be ...
... occasion . ' Next , I conjure you , dear Sir , by all the ties of friend- ship , by no means to have one uneasy thought on my account ; but to have the same pleasantry of countenance , and unruffled serenity of mind , which ( God be ...
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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