The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 44
... success , think- ing himself qualified to give more instruction , be again wrote a poem of " Advice to a Weaver of Tapestry . " Steele was then publishing the " Tat- ler ; " and , looking around him for something at which he might laugh ...
... success , think- ing himself qualified to give more instruction , be again wrote a poem of " Advice to a Weaver of Tapestry . " Steele was then publishing the " Tat- ler ; " and , looking around him for something at which he might laugh ...
Page 61
... success of his " Iliad , " undertook the " Odyssey , " being , as it seems , weary of translating , he determined to engage auxiliaries . - Twelve books he took to himself , and twelve he distributed between Broome and Fenton the books ...
... success of his " Iliad , " undertook the " Odyssey , " being , as it seems , weary of translating , he determined to engage auxiliaries . - Twelve books he took to himself , and twelve he distributed between Broome and Fenton the books ...
Page 70
... success , that he raised a thousand pounds ; and called his friends to a consultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of Lord Oxford , advised him to intrust it to the funds , and live upon the interest ...
... success , that he raised a thousand pounds ; and called his friends to a consultation , what use might be best made of it . Lewis , the steward of Lord Oxford , advised him to intrust it to the funds , and live upon the interest ...
Page 72
... success of the " Beggar's Ope- ra . " This play , written in ridicule of the musical Italian drama , was first offered to Cibber and his brethren at Drury Lane , and rejected ; it being then carried to Rich , had the effect , as was ...
... success of the " Beggar's Ope- ra . " This play , written in ridicule of the musical Italian drama , was first offered to Cibber and his brethren at Drury Lane , and rejected ; it being then carried to Rich , had the effect , as was ...
Page 82
... success is from above . At the accession of Queen Anne , having his for . tune improved by bequests from his father , and his uncle the Earl of Bath , he was chosen into par liament for Fowey . He soon after engaged in a joint ...
... success is from above . At the accession of Queen Anne , having his for . tune improved by bequests from his father , and his uncle the Earl of Bath , he was chosen into par liament for Fowey . He soon after engaged in a joint ...
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