Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... poem on the Kit - cat Club , and Advice to the Poets how to Celebrate the Duke of Marlborough ; but on occasion of another year of success , thinking himself qualified to give more instruc- tion , he again wrote a poem of Advice to a ...
... poem on the Kit - cat Club , and Advice to the Poets how to Celebrate the Duke of Marlborough ; but on occasion of another year of success , thinking himself qualified to give more instruc- tion , he again wrote a poem of Advice to a ...
Page 146
... poem to him . For this purpose he made choice of a subject , which could regard only persons of the highest rank and greatest affluence , and which was therefore proper for a poem in- tended to procure the patronage of a prince ; and ...
... poem to him . For this purpose he made choice of a subject , which could regard only persons of the highest rank and greatest affluence , and which was therefore proper for a poem in- tended to procure the patronage of a prince ; and ...
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... Poem to his Majesty , presented , with a copy of verses , to Somers ; and hoped that he also might soar to wealth and honours on wings of the same kind . His first poetical flight was when Queen Anne called up to the House of Lords the ...
... Poem to his Majesty , presented , with a copy of verses , to Somers ; and hoped that he also might soar to wealth and honours on wings of the same kind . His first poetical flight was when Queen Anne called up to the House of Lords the ...
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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