Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 50
Page 53
... mean arts and dishonourable shifts . Whoever mentioned Fenton mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury , must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is impossible to trace Fenton from year to year , or to discover what means ...
... mean arts and dishonourable shifts . Whoever mentioned Fenton mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury , must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is impossible to trace Fenton from year to year , or to discover what means ...
Page 151
... means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found sufficient to support families above want , and was ... mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth of ...
... means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found sufficient to support families above want , and was ... mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth of ...
Page 198
... means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal possession ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was pelted by the populace , he is to be understood of the time when , after the Queen's death , he became a settled resident ...
... means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal possession ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was pelted by the populace , he is to be understood of the time when , after the Queen's death , he became a settled resident ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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