Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 299
... wish to be thought better than he is , as by him whose kindness he desires to gain or keep ? Even in writing to the ... wishes to discharge , and another , to solicit the imagination because ceremony or vanity requires some- thing to be ...
... wish to be thought better than he is , as by him whose kindness he desires to gain or keep ? Even in writing to the ... wishes to discharge , and another , to solicit the imagination because ceremony or vanity requires some- thing to be ...
Page 410
... Wish . This wish consists of thirteen stanzas . The first runs thus : O may I steal Along the vale Of humble life , secure from foes ! My friend sincere , My judgement clear , And gentle business my repose ! " The three last stanzas are ...
... Wish . This wish consists of thirteen stanzas . The first runs thus : O may I steal Along the vale Of humble life , secure from foes ! My friend sincere , My judgement clear , And gentle business my repose ! " The three last stanzas are ...
Page 435
... wish of , ' Dear Sir , ' Your greatly obliged Friend , ' HERBERT CROFT , Jun . ' Lincoln's Inn , Sept. 1780. ' ' P.S. This account of Young was seen by you in manuscript you know , Sir ; and , though I could not prevail on you to make ...
... wish of , ' Dear Sir , ' Your greatly obliged Friend , ' HERBERT CROFT , Jun . ' Lincoln's Inn , Sept. 1780. ' ' P.S. This account of Young was seen by you in manuscript you know , Sir ; and , though I could not prevail on you to make ...
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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