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Pagina 139
... present , till something better ( which was her Majesty's intention ) could be done for him . " After this , he was permitted to present one of his annual poems to her Majesty , had the honour of kiss- ing her hand , and met with the ...
... present , till something better ( which was her Majesty's intention ) could be done for him . " After this , he was permitted to present one of his annual poems to her Majesty , had the honour of kiss- ing her hand , and met with the ...
Pagina 247
... present move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But , oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again ; Receive my gifts ; if mercy fails , yet let my present move , And fear the God that deals ...
... present move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But , oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again ; Receive my gifts ; if mercy fails , yet let my present move , And fear the God that deals ...
Pagina 350
... present of twenty guineas . I am very ready to own that the present was larger than my performance deserved ; and shall ascribe it to his generosity , or any other cause , rather than the merit of the address . ' The poem , which ...
... present of twenty guineas . I am very ready to own that the present was larger than my performance deserved ; and shall ascribe it to his generosity , or any other cause , rather than the merit of the address . ' The poem , which ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young