Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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Page 207
... tell him that I was not the author ; and therefore , I tell you , Mr. Bettesworth , that I am not the author of these lines . ' Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account , that he publickly professed his resolution of a ...
... tell him that I was not the author ; and therefore , I tell you , Mr. Bettesworth , that I am not the author of these lines . ' Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account , that he publickly professed his resolution of a ...
Page 214
... tell you one that first comes into my head . One evening , Gay and I went to see him : you know how intimately we were all acquainted . On our coming in , " Heyday , gentlemen ( says the Doctor ) , what's the meaning of this visit ? How ...
... tell you one that first comes into my head . One evening , Gay and I went to see him : you know how intimately we were all acquainted . On our coming in , " Heyday , gentlemen ( says the Doctor ) , what's the meaning of this visit ? How ...
Page 248
... tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare ev'n now The lofty walls of wide - extended Troy ; tow'rs For now no more the Gods with Fate contend : At Juno's suit the heavenly factions end . Destruction hovers o'er yon devoted wall ...
... tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare ev'n now The lofty walls of wide - extended Troy ; tow'rs For now no more the Gods with Fate contend : At Juno's suit the heavenly factions end . Destruction hovers o'er yon devoted wall ...
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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