Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 54
... took the Odyssey , being , as it seems , weary of translating , he determined to engage auxiliaries . Twelve books he took to himself , and twelve he distributed between Broome and Fenton : the books allotted to Fenton were the first ...
... took the Odyssey , being , as it seems , weary of translating , he determined to engage auxiliaries . Twelve books he took to himself , and twelve he distributed between Broome and Fenton : the books allotted to Fenton were the first ...
Page 60
... took no delight in telling it , is not known . The report is , that he was soon weary of either the restraint or servility of his occupation , and easily persuaded his master to discharge him . The dutchess of Monmouth , remarkable for ...
... took no delight in telling it , is not known . The report is , that he was soon weary of either the restraint or servility of his occupation , and easily persuaded his master to discharge him . The dutchess of Monmouth , remarkable for ...
Page 283
... took some liberty with one of the Foxes , among others ; which Fox , in a reply to Lyttelton , took an opportunity of repaying , by re- proaching him with the friendship of a lampooner , who scattered his ink without fear or decency ...
... took some liberty with one of the Foxes , among others ; which Fox , in a reply to Lyttelton , took an opportunity of repaying , by re- proaching him with the friendship of a lampooner , who scattered his ink without fear or decency ...
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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