Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page 2
... March 23 , 1733-4 , I happened indeed by a perfect accident to be born here , my mother being left here from returning to her house at Leicester ... and thus I am a Teague , or an Irishman , or what people please , although the best ...
... March 23 , 1733-4 , I happened indeed by a perfect accident to be born here , my mother being left here from returning to her house at Leicester ... and thus I am a Teague , or an Irishman , or what people please , although the best ...
Page 4
... March , 1693. The reject- ing a bill , though an unquestionable right of the Crown , has been so seldom practised that the two Houses are apt to think it a hardship when there is a bill denied . ' Burnet's Hist . iii . 118. See also ...
... March , 1693. The reject- ing a bill , though an unquestionable right of the Crown , has been so seldom practised that the two Houses are apt to think it a hardship when there is a bill denied . ' Burnet's Hist . iii . 118. See also ...
Page 5
... March List of Deaths in Gent . Mag . 1734 , p . 164 , is the follow- ing : - ' The Rev. Mr. Edward Ford , M.A. , jun . Fellow of Trinity College , Dublin , being shot by the Schollars , having render'd himself unacceptable to them , tho ...
... March List of Deaths in Gent . Mag . 1734 , p . 164 , is the follow- ing : - ' The Rev. Mr. Edward Ford , M.A. , jun . Fellow of Trinity College , Dublin , being shot by the Schollars , having render'd himself unacceptable to them , tho ...
Page 9
... March 20 , 1681 , by the name of ' Hester ye Daughter of Edwd John- son . ' N. & Q. 6 S. x . 287. In two deeds she signed her name ' Esther Johnston ' ( not Johnson ) . Ib . 8 S. ii . 302. ' Her father was a younger brother of a good ...
... March 20 , 1681 , by the name of ' Hester ye Daughter of Edwd John- son . ' N. & Q. 6 S. x . 287. In two deeds she signed her name ' Esther Johnston ' ( not Johnson ) . Ib . 8 S. ii . 302. ' Her father was a younger brother of a good ...
Page 20
... March 8 , 1711-12 . I can serve everybody but myself . ' Sept. 18 , 1712. Pray God that I may live free from the discontent and envy that attends those who are thought to have more favour at Court than they really possess . ' Works , ii ...
... March 8 , 1711-12 . I can serve everybody but myself . ' Sept. 18 , 1712. Pray God that I may live free from the discontent and envy that attends those who are thought to have more favour at Court than they really possess . ' Works , ii ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Addison afterwards Akenside Ante appeared Biog Bishop blank verse Bolingbroke Boswell Boswell's Johnson Broome called character Cibber copy criticism Deane Swift death Delany Dryden Dunciad edition elegant Elwin and Court Elwin and Courthope English Epistle epitaph Essay on Pope father favour Fenton genius Gent Gibbon Gray Hist Homer honour hope Horace Walpole Iliad Imit King labour Lady lines London Lord Lyttelton Mallet Mason Memoirs mentioned MILTON mind Misc Mitford never Night Thoughts numbers Orrery Oxford passage Pastorals perhaps Philips poem poetical poetry Poets Pope wrote Pope's Works Elwin praise Preface printed prose publick published quoted reader rhyme satire says seems Shenstone shew Spence Spence's Anec stanza Swift wrote Thomson tion told translation verses viii vols Warburton Warton well's Johnson writes written xvii Young