Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 32
... poem to be published , in which Cadenus had pro- claimed her excellence , and confessed his love3 . The effect of the publication upon the Dean and Stella is thus related by Delany * . ' I have good reason to believe that they both were ...
... poem to be published , in which Cadenus had pro- claimed her excellence , and confessed his love3 . The effect of the publication upon the Dean and Stella is thus related by Delany * . ' I have good reason to believe that they both were ...
Page 44
... poem 2 . ' Mr. Bettesworth , ' answered he , ' I was in my youth acquainted with great lawyers , who , knowing my disposition to satire , advised me , that , if any scoundrel or blockhead whom I had lampooned should ask , " Are you the ...
... poem 2 . ' Mr. Bettesworth , ' answered he , ' I was in my youth acquainted with great lawyers , who , knowing my disposition to satire , advised me , that , if any scoundrel or blockhead whom I had lampooned should ask , " Are you the ...
Page 45
... poem 2 . ' Mr. Bettesworth , ' answered he , ' I was in my youth acquainted with great lawyers , who , knowing my disposition to satire , advised me , that , if any scoundrel or blockhead whom I had lampooned should ask , " Are you the ...
... poem 2 . ' Mr. Bettesworth , ' answered he , ' I was in my youth acquainted with great lawyers , who , knowing my disposition to satire , advised me , that , if any scoundrel or blockhead whom I had lampooned should ask , " Are you the ...
Page 46
... poem . Swift wrote on April 24 , 1736 : — ' I have been very ill these two months past . . . . I have writ a very masterly poem on the Legion Club ; which , if the printer should be condemned to be hanged for it , you will see in a ...
... poem . Swift wrote on April 24 , 1736 : — ' I have been very ill these two months past . . . . I have writ a very masterly poem on the Legion Club ; which , if the printer should be condemned to be hanged for it , you will see in a ...
Page 70
... poem . They were put to the press , ' but Dr. Sheridan got ' the printed copy cancelled . The poem was , however , sent abroad [ in MS . ] . ' Works , 1803 , ii . 36. Some extracts from the letters ' found their way to the public ...
... poem . They were put to the press , ' but Dr. Sheridan got ' the printed copy cancelled . The poem was , however , sent abroad [ in MS . ] . ' Works , 1803 , ii . 36. Some extracts from the letters ' found their way to the public ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Addison afterwards Akenside Ante appeared Biog Bishop blank verse Bolingbroke Boswell's Johnson Broome called character Cibber copy criticism Deane Swift death dedication Delany Dryden Duke Dunciad edition elegance Elwin and Court Elwin and Courthope English Epistle epitaph father favour Fenton genius Gent Gibbon Gray Gray's Hist Homer honour hope Horace Horace Walpole Iliad Imit Ireland John King Lady Letters lines London Lord Lyttelton Mallet Memoirs mentioned MILTON mind Misc Mitford never Night Thoughts numbers Orrery Oxford passage Pastorals perhaps Philips poem poet poetical poetry Pope wrote Pope's Works Elwin praise Preface printed prose publick published quoted reader rhyme satire says seems Shenstone shew Spence Spence's Anec Swift wrote Thomson tion told translation verses viii vols Walpole Warburton Warton well's Johnson Whig writes written xvii Young