Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 73
Page 411
... friends , and the dean and choir officiating at the funeral . ' To this character , which is apparently given with the fondness of a friend , may be added the testimony of Pope ; who says , in a letter to Blount , Mr. Rowe accompanied ...
... friends , and the dean and choir officiating at the funeral . ' To this character , which is apparently given with the fondness of a friend , may be added the testimony of Pope ; who says , in a letter to Blount , Mr. Rowe accompanied ...
Page 421
... friends : For , ' said he , ' I may have a hundred friends ; and , if my fee be two guineas , I shall , by relinquishing my right , lose two hundred guineas , and no friend gain more than two ; there is therefore no proportion between ...
... friends : For , ' said he , ' I may have a hundred friends ; and , if my fee be two guineas , I shall , by relinquishing my right , lose two hundred guineas , and no friend gain more than two ; there is therefore no proportion between ...
Page 437
... friendship , or proprieties of decency ; but contro- vertists cannot long retain their kindness for each other . The Old ... friends , after so many years passed in confidence and endearment , in unity of interest , conformity of opinion ...
... friendship , or proprieties of decency ; but contro- vertists cannot long retain their kindness for each other . The Old ... friends , after so many years passed in confidence and endearment , in unity of interest , conformity of opinion ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration afterwards ancient appears beauties better blank verse Cato censure character Charles Dryden compositions considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden duke Earl easily elegance English excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick honour Hudibras images imagination imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived lord Lord Conway Lord Roscommon Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed opinion Paradise Lost passions perhaps Philips Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise preface produced publick published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems Sempronius sentiments shew shewn sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler thing thou thought tion told tragedy translation truth Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue Waller Whig words write written wrote