Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... ments , which I have read an hundred " times ; but that fellow Young is con- " tinually peftering me with fomething " of his own . " After all , Tindal and the cenfurers of Young may be recon- cileable . Young might , for two or three ...
... ments , which I have read an hundred " times ; but that fellow Young is con- " tinually peftering me with fomething " of his own . " After all , Tindal and the cenfurers of Young may be recon- cileable . Young might , for two or three ...
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... ( 6 only amiable to the fight , warms us " with a religious indignation ; but to " turn our eyes on a Countess of Salif- " bury , gives us pleasure and improve- B 3 ❝ment ; 66 ment ; it works a fort of miracle , YOUN G. 21.
... ( 6 only amiable to the fight , warms us " with a religious indignation ; but to " turn our eyes on a Countess of Salif- " bury , gives us pleasure and improve- B 3 ❝ment ; 66 ment ; it works a fort of miracle , YOUN G. 21.
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Samuel Johnson. 66 ment ; it works a fort of miracle , oc- " cafions the biafs of our nature to fall " off from fin , and makes our very " fenfes and affections converts to our 66 religion , and promoters of our duty . " His flattery was ...
Samuel Johnson. 66 ment ; it works a fort of miracle , oc- " cafions the biafs of our nature to fall " off from fin , and makes our very " fenfes and affections converts to our 66 religion , and promoters of our duty . " His flattery was ...
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... ments and honours ; and that the re- " tains a dutiful admiration of her fa- " ther's family ; but divides her favours ,. " and generally lives with her mother's " relations . " Poetry , it is true , did not lead Young to preferments or ...
... ments and honours ; and that the re- " tains a dutiful admiration of her fa- " ther's family ; but divides her favours ,. " and generally lives with her mother's " relations . " Poetry , it is true , did not lead Young to preferments or ...
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... ment , fufficiently explains the intention . If Young was a ready celebrator , he did not endeavour , or did not choose , to be a lafting one . The Instalment is among the pieces he did not admit into the number of his excufcable ...
... ment , fufficiently explains the intention . If Young was a ready celebrator , he did not endeavour , or did not choose , to be a lafting one . The Instalment is among the pieces he did not admit into the number of his excufcable ...
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addreffed afterwards All-fouls almoſt Anne Wharton becauſe blank verfe cenfure College compofition conclufion confeffed curiofity death dedicated deferve defign defire diſcover Duke Duke of Wharton eafily eafy Edward Young Engliſh faid fame father fatire favour fays fecond feems feen felf fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fide firft firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fong foon friendſhip ftand ftanza ftile ftill ftudied fubject fuccefs fuch fufficiently fuppofe fure Gray himſelf honour houſe increaſe Lady laft laſt leaſt lefs Lord Lorenzo Lyrick Lyttelton Mallet Margaret of Anjou meaſure ments moſt Mufe muſt nefs never Night Thoughts occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perfuaded Pindar pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed raiſed reafon reft rhyme ſeems thee thefe theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe tion tragedy uſe vifit Voltaire Walpole Weft Wharton whofe whoſe wifh Young