Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 417
... Young was certainly not ashamed to be patronized by the in- famous Wharton . But Wharton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by virtuous peers , who ...
... Young was certainly not ashamed to be patronized by the in- famous Wharton . But Wharton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by virtuous peers , who ...
Page 424
... Young studied men as much as Pope , he would have known how little to have trusted . Young , however , was certainly indebted to it for something material ; and the Duke's regard for Young , added to his Lust of Praise , procured to All ...
... Young studied men as much as Pope , he would have known how little to have trusted . Young , however , was certainly indebted to it for something material ; and the Duke's regard for Young , added to his Lust of Praise , procured to All ...
Page 441
... Young , it is not easy to discover . If the son of the author of the Night Thoughts was indeed forbidden his college for a time , at one of our Universities , the author of Paradise Lost is by some supposed to have been dis- gracefully ...
... Young , it is not easy to discover . If the son of the author of the Night Thoughts was indeed forbidden his college for a time , at one of our Universities , the author of Paradise Lost is by some supposed to have been dis- gracefully ...
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