Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... pleasing to king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is supposed to have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) ...
... pleasing to king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he is supposed to have passed some of the next years in the quiet cultivation of literature and poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) ...
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... pleasing undertaking than that of proposing laws , which , however just or expedient , will never be made , or en- deavouring to reduce to rational schemes of government societies which were formed by chance , and are con- ducted by the ...
... pleasing undertaking than that of proposing laws , which , however just or expedient , will never be made , or en- deavouring to reduce to rational schemes of government societies which were formed by chance , and are con- ducted by the ...
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... pleasing , that he was called in fondness the little Nightingale . Being not sent early to school , he was taught to read by an aunt ; and when he was seven or eight years old , became a lover of books . He first learned to write by ...
... pleasing , that he was called in fondness the little Nightingale . Being not sent early to school , he was taught to read by an aunt ; and when he was seven or eight years old , became a lover of books . He first learned to write by ...
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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