Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 154
... person ought to prosecute that revenge from which the person who was injured desisted , I shall not preserve what Mr. Savage suppressed : of which the publication would indeed have 154 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... person ought to prosecute that revenge from which the person who was injured desisted , I shall not preserve what Mr. Savage suppressed : of which the publication would indeed have 154 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Page 230
... person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when all the world knew he was persecuted by fortune ; and not only saw that this was attempted in a clandestine manner , with the utmost falsehood ...
... person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when all the world knew he was persecuted by fortune ; and not only saw that this was attempted in a clandestine manner , with the utmost falsehood ...
Page 232
... person and capacity . .. Enquire between Sunninghill and Oakingham for a young , short , squab gentleman , the very bow of the God of Love , and tell me whether he be a proper author to make personal reflections ? —He may extol the ...
... person and capacity . .. Enquire between Sunninghill and Oakingham for a young , short , squab gentleman , the very bow of the God of Love , and tell me whether he be a proper author to make personal reflections ? —He may extol the ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young