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 81
Page 44
... published in a pagan or popish nation , who are justly impatient of all indignity offered to the established religion of their country , no doubt but the author would have received the punishment he deserved . But the fate of this ...
... published in a pagan or popish nation , who are justly impatient of all indignity offered to the established religion of their country , no doubt but the author would have received the punishment he deserved . But the fate of this ...
Page 236
... published some remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The Temple of Fame , which ...
... published some remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The Temple of Fame , which ...
Page 368
... published by the Univer- sity on the death of queen Mary . From this time how he was employed , or in what station he passed his life , is not yet discovered . He must have published his Pastorals before the year 1708 , because they are ...
... published by the Univer- sity on the death of queen Mary . From this time how he was employed , or in what station he passed his life , is not yet discovered . He must have published his Pastorals before the year 1708 , because they are ...
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