The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, Volume 41781 |
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Page 528
... ftill leave him more than 40 , when he fate down to the miserable fiege of court favour . He has before told us , " A fool at forty is a fool indeed . " After all , the fiege feems to have been raised only in consequence of what the ...
... ftill leave him more than 40 , when he fate down to the miserable fiege of court favour . He has before told us , " A fool at forty is a fool indeed . " After all , the fiege feems to have been raised only in consequence of what the ...
Page 530
... ftill fur- ther confolation ; and to that vifit fhe and the world were indebted for this poem . It compliments Mrs. Montagu in the following lines ; Yet , write I muft . A Lady fues , How fhameful her request ! My brain in labour with ...
... ftill fur- ther confolation ; and to that vifit fhe and the world were indebted for this poem . It compliments Mrs. Montagu in the following lines ; Yet , write I muft . A Lady fues , How fhameful her request ! My brain in labour with ...
Page 531
... ftill more infpired , more enraptured , more fublime than the poet and that , in his ordinary conversation , -letting down the golden chain from high , He drew his audience upward to the sky . Notwithstanding Young had faid , in his ...
... ftill more infpired , more enraptured , more fublime than the poet and that , in his ordinary conversation , -letting down the golden chain from high , He drew his audience upward to the sky . Notwithstanding Young had faid , in his ...
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