...itself has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody), if he were a poor writer, by making him more conspicuous ; and...; for there are poets little enough to envy even a poet-laureate. Letter to the Rev. W. Mason OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728-1774) THE PRIMROSE FAMILY I was ever...

...itself has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody), if he were a poor writer by making him more conspicuous, and if...— for there are poets little enough to envy even a poet laureate. . . . TO RICHARD STONEHEWER August 1 8, 1758. . . . You say you cannot conceive how...

..."has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody), if he were a poor writer by making him more conspicuous, and if...at war with the little fry of his own profession." In the early part of 1758 Gray made an antiquarian and architectural tour in the Fen country, visiting...

...itself has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody), if he were a poor writer by making him more conspicuous, and if...profession, for there are poets little enough to envy even a poet laureate. T. GRAY.— Letters [1757 : to Mr. Mason]. SHAKESPEARE — ' AN UPSTART CROW ' IF woeful...

...Gray declined the post even as a sinecure. He considered the office humbled the holder " if he were a poor writer, by making him more conspicuous; and if...a good one, by setting him at war with the little frj of his own profession/' for, he added, " there are poets little enough to envy a poet laureate."...

...itself has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody), if he were a poor writer by making him more conspicuous, and if...profession, for there are poets little enough to envy even a poet laureate. To DR. WHARTON A holiday in Kent Pembroke College, 26 Aug. 1766. DEAR DOCTOR, Whatever...

...Cibber, is inconceivable. The office, in Gray's view, had always humbled its possessor ; " if he were a poor writer, by making him more conspicuous ; and...with the little fry of his own profession " ; for, he adds, with withering sarcasm, " there are poets little enough to envy a poet laureate." l Gray would...

...itself has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody), if he were a k, and He is mild; He became a little child. I a child,...bless thee! Little Lamb, God bless thee! 10 CRADLE SON [40 envy even a poet-laureate. . . . JAMES MACPHERSON (1736-1796) From CATH-LODA A Tale of the times...

...itself has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody), if he were a poor writer by making him more conspicuous, and if...poets little enough to envy even a poet-laureat." Mason was willing. Rudyard Kipling had the double qualification of poetic genius and off convinced...

...has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody), if lie were a poor writer by making him more conspicuous, and if...are poets little enough to envy even a poet-laureat. " Mason was willing. Rudyard Kipling had the double qualification of poetic genius and of convinced...