Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 145
... wrote under that title . - This gentleman , not- withstanding a very considerable interest , being , on the death of Mr. Eusden , disappointed of the Laureat's place , wrote the before - mentioned poem ; which was no sooner published ...
... wrote under that title . - This gentleman , not- withstanding a very considerable interest , being , on the death of Mr. Eusden , disappointed of the Laureat's place , wrote the before - mentioned poem ; which was no sooner published ...
Page 195
... wrote the Tale of a Tub and the Battle of the Books . Swift began early to think , or to hope , that he was a poet , and wrote Pindarick Odes to Temple , to the King , and to the Athenian Society , SWIFT 195.
... wrote the Tale of a Tub and the Battle of the Books . Swift began early to think , or to hope , that he was a poet , and wrote Pindarick Odes to Temple , to the King , and to the Athenian Society , SWIFT 195.
Page 445
... wrote to be published , he would only appear perhaps in a less respectable light as a poet , and more despicable as a dedicator : he would not pass for a worse christian , or for a worse man . - This enviable praise is due to Young ...
... wrote to be published , he would only appear perhaps in a less respectable light as a poet , and more despicable as a dedicator : he would not pass for a worse christian , or for a worse man . - This enviable praise is due to Young ...
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