Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 7
... hands it came by devolution . -Such repeated patronage , while it juftifies Burnet's praife of the father , re- flects credit on the conduct of the fon . The manner in which it was exerted seems to prove that the father did not leave ...
... hands it came by devolution . -Such repeated patronage , while it juftifies Burnet's praife of the father , re- flects credit on the conduct of the fon . The manner in which it was exerted seems to prove that the father did not leave ...
الصفحة 58
... hand in thefe joint pro- ductions of poetry and piety . Yet am I by no means fure that , at any rate , we should not have had fomething of the fame colour from Young's pencil , notwithstanding the liveliness of his fa- tires . In fo ...
... hand in thefe joint pro- ductions of poetry and piety . Yet am I by no means fure that , at any rate , we should not have had fomething of the fame colour from Young's pencil , notwithstanding the liveliness of his fa- tires . In fo ...
الصفحة 60
... any more than praise . De mortuis nil nifi verum - De vivis nil nifi bonum - would approach much nearer to good fenfe . After all , the few hand- fulls I fulls of remaining duft which once com- pofed the body 60 YOUNG .
... any more than praise . De mortuis nil nifi verum - De vivis nil nifi bonum - would approach much nearer to good fenfe . After all , the few hand- fulls I fulls of remaining duft which once com- pofed the body 60 YOUNG .
الصفحة 67
... hand , was only feven years old . An anecdote of this cruel fort , fo open to contradiction , fo impoffible to be true , who could propagate ? Thus eafi- ly are blafted the reputations of the living and of the dead . Who then was ...
... hand , was only feven years old . An anecdote of this cruel fort , fo open to contradiction , fo impoffible to be true , who could propagate ? Thus eafi- ly are blafted the reputations of the living and of the dead . Who then was ...
الصفحة 72
... miffioners of the Treafury , and Chancel- lors of the Exchequer . In Night Eight the politician plainly betrays himself- Think no poft needful that demands a knave . When When late our civil helm was fhifting hands , So 72 YOUNG ..
... miffioners of the Treafury , and Chancel- lors of the Exchequer . In Night Eight the politician plainly betrays himself- Think no poft needful that demands a knave . When When late our civil helm was fhifting hands , So 72 YOUNG ..
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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