The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... Night Thoughts " much has been told of which there never could have been proofs ; and little care appears to have been taken to tell that , of which proofs , with little trouble , might have been pro- cured . " EDWARD YOUNG was born at ...
... Night Thoughts " much has been told of which there never could have been proofs ; and little care appears to have been taken to tell that , of which proofs , with little trouble , might have been pro- cured . " EDWARD YOUNG was born at ...
Page 450
... Night Thoughts . " It is probable that his College was proud of him no less as a scholar than as a poet ; for , in 1716 , when the foundation of the Codrington Library was laid , two years after he had taken his bache lor's degree ...
... Night Thoughts . " It is probable that his College was proud of him no less as a scholar than as a poet ; for , in 1716 , when the foundation of the Codrington Library was laid , two years after he had taken his bache lor's degree ...
Page 453
... Night Thoughts , " of making the public a party in his private sorrow . 1 Should justice call upon you to censure ... thought and di rected differently , particularly in Young's Works . -J . N. had the honour of prefixing to it a ...
... Night Thoughts , " of making the public a party in his private sorrow . 1 Should justice call upon you to censure ... thought and di rected differently , particularly in Young's Works . -J . N. had the honour of prefixing to it a ...
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... Night Thoughts " did not republish . On the appearance of his Poem on the Last Day , Addison did not return Young's compli ment ; but " The Englishman " of October 29th , 1713 , which was probably written by Addison , speaks handsomely ...
... Night Thoughts " did not republish . On the appearance of his Poem on the Last Day , Addison did not return Young's compli ment ; but " The Englishman " of October 29th , 1713 , which was probably written by Addison , speaks handsomely ...
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