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Pagina 380
... probably with a scanty maintenance ; but was in about half a year elected a Demy of Magdalen College , where he continued till he had taken a Bachelor's degree , and then suddenly left the university , for what reason I know not that he ...
... probably with a scanty maintenance ; but was in about half a year elected a Demy of Magdalen College , where he continued till he had taken a Bachelor's degree , and then suddenly left the university , for what reason I know not that he ...
Pagina 454
... probably intercepted the progress of the work , and which the judgement of every reader will confirm . It was certainly no loss to the English stage that Agrippina was never finished . In this year ( 1742 ) Gray seems first to have ...
... probably intercepted the progress of the work , and which the judgement of every reader will confirm . It was certainly no loss to the English stage that Agrippina was never finished . In this year ( 1742 ) Gray seems first to have ...
Pagina 469
... probably gave the rest away ; for he was very liberal to the indigent . When time brought the History to a third edition , Reid was either dead or discarded ; and the superinten- dence of typography and punctuation was committed to a ...
... probably gave the rest away ; for he was very liberal to the indigent . When time brought the History to a third edition , Reid was either dead or discarded ; and the superinten- dence of typography and punctuation was committed to a ...
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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