Edward Young: The Poet of the Night Thoughts, 1683-1765 |
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... Joseph Spence who pumped him for anecdotes , and Joseph Warton who dedicated to him the revolutionary Essay on Pope . And there were the Commoners as well , like his patrons Bubb Dodington and Speaker Onslow and the Duke of Chandos , or ...
... Joseph Spence who pumped him for anecdotes , and Joseph Warton who dedicated to him the revolutionary Essay on Pope . And there were the Commoners as well , like his patrons Bubb Dodington and Speaker Onslow and the Duke of Chandos , or ...
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... Joseph Warton in his Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope , speaking of the Universal Passion , ' a work that abounds in wit , observation on life , pleasantry , delicacy , urbanity and the most well - bred raillery , without a ...
... Joseph Warton in his Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope , speaking of the Universal Passion , ' a work that abounds in wit , observation on life , pleasantry , delicacy , urbanity and the most well - bred raillery , without a ...
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... Joseph Warton , " the son of his old friend Thomas Warton , who as Professor of Poetry at Oxford had written verses in praise of Young's Last Day . On his return to Welwyn he developed a fever and throughout April he was ' much out of ...
... Joseph Warton , " the son of his old friend Thomas Warton , who as Professor of Poetry at Oxford had written verses in praise of Young's Last Day . On his return to Welwyn he developed a fever and throughout April he was ' much out of ...
Contents
A Nest of Singing Birds 16831702 | 1 |
Nine Oxford Poets 17021714 | 17 |
Mr Secretary Addison 17141719 | 40 |
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