id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6062 Edward Young - Wikipedia .html text/html 2857 245 68 In view of these promises Young refused two livings in the gift of All Souls' College, Oxford, and sacrificed a life annuity offered by the Marquess of Exeter if he would act as tutor to his son. In the preface to Night-Thoughts Young states that the occasion of the poem was real, and Philander and Narcissa have been rather rashly identified with Mr and Mrs Temple. Samuel Richardson in a letter to bookseller Andrew Millar discussed a new edition of Young's poem, Night-Thoughts (1750), which was already very popular, and which would become one of the most frequently-printed poems of the eighteenth century. The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young ..., with a life by John Doran, appeared in 1854. Works by Edward Young at Project Gutenberg Works by Edward Young at Faded Page (Canada) Works by or about Edward Young at Internet Archive Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6062.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6062.txt