The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 30
Page 11
... friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some , who , it is said , withheld the mo- Swift obtained many subscriptions for him in Ireland . - H . ney from him lest he should squander it . The PRIOR . 11.
... friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some , who , it is said , withheld the mo- Swift obtained many subscriptions for him in Ireland . - H . ney from him lest he should squander it . The PRIOR . 11.
Page 25
... Ireland . Southern mentioned him , with sharp censure , as a man that meanly disowned his native country . The biographers assign his nativity to Bardsa , near Leeds , in Yorkshire , from the account given by himself , as they suppose ...
... Ireland . Southern mentioned him , with sharp censure , as a man that meanly disowned his native country . The biographers assign his nativity to Bardsa , near Leeds , in Yorkshire , from the account given by himself , as they suppose ...
Page 26
... Ireland ; but , after having passed through the usual preparatory studies , as may be reasonably supposed , with great celerity and suc- cess , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession by which something might be gotten ...
... Ireland ; but , after having passed through the usual preparatory studies , as may be reasonably supposed , with great celerity and suc- cess , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession by which something might be gotten ...
Page 73
... Ireland , where it was performed twenty - four days successively . The ladies carried about with them the favourite songs of it in fans , and houses were furnished with it in screens . The fame of it was not confined to the Author only ...
... Ireland , where it was performed twenty - four days successively . The ladies carried about with them the favourite songs of it in fans , and houses were furnished with it in screens . The fame of it was not confined to the Author only ...
Page 95
... Ireland as secretary to the Lord Sunderland , took him thither and em- ployed him in public business ; and when ( 1717 ) afterwards he rose to be secretary of state , made him under - secretary . Their friendship seems to have continued ...
... Ireland as secretary to the Lord Sunderland , took him thither and em- ployed him in public business ; and when ( 1717 ) afterwards he rose to be secretary of state , made him under - secretary . Their friendship seems to have continued ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Hill acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber contempt conversation criticism death delight diction diligence Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence faults favour Fenton fore fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination Ireland kind King known labour Lady learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke mentioned mind nature neral never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published Queen racter reader reason received remarkable reputation resentment rhyme satire Savage says seems sent shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler thing Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue whigs write written wrote Young