Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 103
... pounds , and a promise of one hundred and fifty more ; but it was the fate of this unhappy man , that few promises of any advantage to him were per- formed . His mother was infected among others with the general madness of the South Sea ...
... pounds , and a promise of one hundred and fifty more ; but it was the fate of this unhappy man , that few promises of any advantage to him were per- formed . His mother was infected among others with the general madness of the South Sea ...
Page 386
... pounds a year , on which he lived ten years , and then exchanged it for Belchford in Lincolnshire , of seventy - five . His condition now began to mend . In 1751 , Sir John Heathcote gave him Coningsby , of one hundred and forty pounds ...
... pounds a year , on which he lived ten years , and then exchanged it for Belchford in Lincolnshire , of seventy - five . His condition now began to mend . In 1751 , Sir John Heathcote gave him Coningsby , of one hundred and forty pounds ...
Page 408
... pounds . A considerable sum had already been swallowed up in the South - Sea . For this loss he took the vengeance ... pounds ; and that , when one of his friends exclaimed , Two thousand pounds for a poem ! he said it was the best ...
... pounds . A considerable sum had already been swallowed up in the South - Sea . For this loss he took the vengeance ... pounds ; and that , when one of his friends exclaimed , Two thousand pounds for a poem ! he said it was the best ...
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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