Lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works. With notes by P. Cunningham, Band 21854 |
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... LETTERS . 6 vols . Feap . 8vo . 188 . CRABBE'S LIFE AND POETICAL WORKS . 8 vols . Feap . Evo . 24 . HEBER'S POETICAL WORKS . Feap . 8vo . 78. 6d . MILMAN'S POETICAL WORKS . 3 vols . Feap . 8vo . 188 . LOCKHART'S ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS ...
... LETTERS . 6 vols . Feap . 8vo . 188 . CRABBE'S LIFE AND POETICAL WORKS . 8 vols . Feap . Evo . 24 . HEBER'S POETICAL WORKS . Feap . 8vo . 78. 6d . MILMAN'S POETICAL WORKS . 3 vols . Feap . 8vo . 188 . LOCKHART'S ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS ...
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... well - known volume of Letters on Swift . Fenton , the poet , had been his tutor . One embassy was , as Dryden is said to have called it , " a sleeveless 1637-8-1705-6 . DEATH AND BURIAL . 9 In 1674 the 8 1637-8-1705-6 . 00 DORSET .
... well - known volume of Letters on Swift . Fenton , the poet , had been his tutor . One embassy was , as Dryden is said to have called it , " a sleeveless 1637-8-1705-6 . DEATH AND BURIAL . 9 In 1674 the 8 1637-8-1705-6 . 00 DORSET .
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... letters are written upon the pastoral comedy of the Italians , and those pastorals which Pope was then preparing to ... letter to Pope of 9th Sept. , 1706 . 6 Epistle to Arbuthnot , first published in 1734 . 7 Joseph Warton . See his ...
... letters are written upon the pastoral comedy of the Italians , and those pastorals which Pope was then preparing to ... letter to Pope of 9th Sept. , 1706 . 6 Epistle to Arbuthnot , first published in 1734 . 7 Joseph Warton . See his ...
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... Letters and Poems , amorous and gallant , ' was published in the volumes called Dryden's Miscellany , 12 and some other occasional pieces . To his Poems and Letters is prefixed a very judicious preface upon Epistolary Composition and ...
... Letters and Poems , amorous and gallant , ' was published in the volumes called Dryden's Miscellany , 12 and some other occasional pieces . To his Poems and Letters is prefixed a very judicious preface upon Epistolary Composition and ...
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... letters to Dr. Lister . In 1710 he appeared as a lover of the Church , on the side of Sacheverell ; and was supposed to have concurred at least in the projection of ' The Examiner . ' His eyes were open to all the operations of Whiggism ...
... letters to Dr. Lister . In 1710 he appeared as a lover of the Church , on the side of Sacheverell ; and was supposed to have concurred at least in the projection of ' The Examiner . ' His eyes were open to all the operations of Whiggism ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared Beggar's Opera Blackmore Cato censure character Cibber College Congreve copy Court criticism death dedication died Dryden Duchess Duchess of Marlborough Duke Earl Earl of Dorset edition elegant endeavoured Essay excellence favour Fenton friends genius Halifax honour Iliad imagined imitation Jacob Tonson Johnson Journal to Stella Lady letter lived London Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Tyrconnel Love Marlborough mentioned Miscellany Montague mother nature never observed occasion Oxford Parnell performance perhaps Philips Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise Preface present Prince printed Prior published Queen reason received remarkable Richard Blackmore Richard Savage satire Savage's says seems Sempronius Smith Spence by Singer Steele supposed Swift Syphax Tatler Theophilus Cibber thought Tickell tion told Tonson tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue Westminster Westminster Abbey Whig write written wrote
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Seite 147 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always temembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.
Seite 246 - And terror on my aching s'ight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Seite 385 - It was his peculiar happiness, that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend ; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long, without obliging him to become a stranger.
Seite 77 - ... a true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late king...
Seite 353 - Spanish, but with little better success than before; for though it was received and acted, yet it appeared so late in the year that the author obtained no other advantage from it than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks, by whom he was pitied, caressed, and relieved. Sir Richard Steele, having declared in his favour with all the ardour of benevolence which constituted his character, promoted his interest with the utmost zeal, related his misfortunes, applauded his merit, took all...
Seite 162 - I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain.
Seite 245 - He has in these little pieces neither elevation of fancy, selection of language, nor skill in versification: yet if I were required to select from the whole mass of English poetry the most poetical paragraph, I know not what I could prefer to an exclamation in The Mourning Bride: ALMERIA It was a fancied noise ; for all is hush'd.
Seite 158 - Button had been a servant in the Countess of Warwick's family, who, under the patronage of Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russell Street, about two doors from Covent Garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble.
Seite 139 - The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
Seite 133 - To teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties, to regulate the practice of daily conversation, to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than criminal, and remove those grievances which, if they produce no lasting calamities, impress hourly vexation...