The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Ticknell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. BroomeC. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1781 - English poetry - 503 pages |
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... believe , more places than one are ftill fhewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his Old Batchelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are certainly known : if the infcription upon his monument be true ...
... believe , more places than one are ftill fhewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his Old Batchelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are certainly known : if the infcription upon his monument be true ...
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... believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest indig- nation . He was formed for a controvert- ift ; with fufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable ...
... believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest indig- nation . He was formed for a controvert- ift ; with fufficient learning ; with diction vehement and pointed , though often vulgar and incorrect ; with unconquerable ...
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... believe it is peculiar to him , that his firft publick work was an heroick poem . He was not known as a maker of verses , till he published ( in 1699 ) Prince Arthur , in ten books , written , as he relates , by fuch catches and starts ...
... believe it is peculiar to him , that his firft publick work was an heroick poem . He was not known as a maker of verses , till he published ( in 1699 ) Prince Arthur , in ten books , written , as he relates , by fuch catches and starts ...
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... believe me always , with the utmoft duty and fub- " million , Sir , ( s " Your moft dutiful fon , " and moft obedient fervant , " GEO . GRANVILLE . " power . He Through the whole reign of king William he is fuppofed to have lived in ...
... believe me always , with the utmoft duty and fub- " million , Sir , ( s " Your moft dutiful fon , " and moft obedient fervant , " GEO . GRANVILLE . " power . He Through the whole reign of king William he is fuppofed to have lived in ...
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... believe , ever feen , by either of the Cibbers ; but was the work of Robert Shiels , a native of Scot- land , a man of very acute understanding , though with little fcholaftick education , who , not long after the publication of his ...
... believe , ever feen , by either of the Cibbers ; but was the work of Robert Shiels , a native of Scot- land , a man of very acute understanding , though with little fcholaftick education , who , not long after the publication of his ...
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Addiſon afferted affiftance afterwards againſt amuſements anſwer appeared becauſe Beggar's Opera beſt cenfure confidered converfation death deferve defign defire diftinguiſhed diſcover Dunciad eaſily endeavoured faid fame fatire favour fays fecure feems feldom fent fentiments fhew fhould firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupply fuppofed fupport fure himſelf honour houſe Iliad increaſe intereft Ireland kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord Tyrconnel ment mifery moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity nefs never obferved occafion Orrery paffed paffion perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe preſent profe promiſe propofed publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen racter raiſed reaſon refentment refolution refuſed Savage ſay ſcheme ſeems ſeveral ſhe ſome ſtate ſtill ſuppoſed Swift tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion Tyrconnel uſed utmoſt verfes verſes vifit virtue Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote
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Page 212 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to...
Page 63 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Page 257 - Should Dennis publish, you had stabb'd your Brother, Lampoon'd your Monarch, or debauch'd your Mother ; Say, what revenge on Dennis can be had ? Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad : On one so poor you cannot take the law; On one so old your sword you scorn to draw : Uncag'd then let the harmless monster rage, Secure in dulness, madness, want, and age.
Page 378 - ... nothing will supply the want of prudence; and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Page 213 - Savage then imagined his task over, and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
Page 132 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written; books of letters and...
Page 128 - Captives, which he was invited to read before the Princess of Wales. When the hour came, he saw the Princess and her ladies all in expectation, and, advancing with reverence too great for any other attention, stumbled at a stool, and, falling forwards, threw down a weighty Japan screen. The Princess started, the ladies screamed, and poor Gay, after...
Page 442 - How came you to leave all the great Lords, that you are so fond of, to come hither to see a poor Dean ? ' — Because we would rather see you than any of them.
Page 63 - He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great increase of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar image, but meets it again amplified and expanded, embellished with -beauty and enlarged with majesty.
Page 132 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.