Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... Whigs , in answer to The Crisis , a pamphlet for which Steele was expelled from the House of Commons . Swift was now so far alienated from Steele as to think him no longer entitled to decency , and therefore treats him sometimes with ...
... Whigs , in answer to The Crisis , a pamphlet for which Steele was expelled from the House of Commons . Swift was now so far alienated from Steele as to think him no longer entitled to decency , and therefore treats him sometimes with ...
Page 210
... Whigs , and must be confessed to have dictated for a time the political opinions of the English nation . In the succeeding reign he delivered Ireland from plunder and oppression ; and shewed that wit , confederated with truth , had such ...
... Whigs , and must be confessed to have dictated for a time the political opinions of the English nation . In the succeeding reign he delivered Ireland from plunder and oppression ; and shewed that wit , confederated with truth , had such ...
Page 211
... Whigs ; but he deserted them when they deserted their principles , yet without running into the contrary extreme ; he continued throughout his life to retain the disposition which he assigns to the Church - of - England Man , of ...
... Whigs ; but he deserted them when they deserted their principles , yet without running into the contrary extreme ; he continued throughout his life to retain the disposition which he assigns to the Church - of - England Man , of ...
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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 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