Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 83
... He died July 16 , 1736 , in the 66th year of his age . Of his poems , many are of that irregular kind , which , when he formed his poetical character , was supposed to be Pindarick . Having fixed his attention on YALDEN 83.
... He died July 16 , 1736 , in the 66th year of his age . Of his poems , many are of that irregular kind , which , when he formed his poetical character , was supposed to be Pindarick . Having fixed his attention on YALDEN 83.
Page 207
... formed of it , from a conversation which I once heard between the Earl of Orrery and old Mr. Lewis . Swift now , much against his will , commenced Irishman for life , and was to contrive how he might be best accommodated in a country ...
... formed of it , from a conversation which I once heard between the Earl of Orrery and old Mr. Lewis . Swift now , much against his will , commenced Irishman for life , and was to contrive how he might be best accommodated in a country ...
Page 429
... forming ; and of which few , after having formed it , would confess something like their shame by suppression . ' It stood originally so high in the author's opinion , that he entitled the Poem , Ocean , an Ode YOUNG 429.
... forming ; and of which few , after having formed it , would confess something like their shame by suppression . ' It stood originally so high in the author's opinion , that he entitled the Poem , Ocean , an Ode YOUNG 429.
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