Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope for any other notice than such as is bestowed on diligence and inquiry ...
... passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope for any other notice than such as is bestowed on diligence and inquiry ...
Page 151
... passed the night sometimes in mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth of the meanest and most pro- fligate of the rabble ; and sometimes , when he had not money ...
... passed the night sometimes in mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth of the meanest and most pro- fligate of the rabble ; and sometimes , when he had not money ...
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... passed the rest of his life , reverenced for his virtue , and beloved for the softness of his temper and the easiness of his manners . Before strangers he had something of the scholar's timidity or distrust ; but when he became familiar ...
... passed the rest of his life , reverenced for his virtue , and beloved for the softness of his temper and the easiness of his manners . Before strangers he had something of the scholar's timidity or distrust ; but when he became familiar ...
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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