Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... perhaps scarcely seen any thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Lewis ; which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the transaction . The conduct of Prior , in this splendid initiation into ...
... perhaps scarcely seen any thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Lewis ; which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the transaction . The conduct of Prior , in this splendid initiation into ...
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... perhaps with equal probability , to a passion which seems to have been deep fixed in his heart , the love of a shilling . In time he began to think that his attendance at Moor- park deserved some other recompence than the pleasure ...
... perhaps with equal probability , to a passion which seems to have been deep fixed in his heart , the love of a shilling . In time he began to think that his attendance at Moor- park deserved some other recompence than the pleasure ...
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... perhaps the like return might properly be made to a modern Pindarist , as Mr. Cobb received from Bentley , who , when he found his criticisms upon a Greek exercise , which Cobb had presented , refuted one after another by Pindar's ...
... perhaps the like return might properly be made to a modern Pindarist , as Mr. Cobb received from Bentley , who , when he found his criticisms upon a Greek exercise , which Cobb had presented , refuted one after another by Pindar's ...
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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