Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century
Decades: 1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s
Years: 1169 1170 1171 1172 1173 - 1174 - 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179
Events
- Vietnam was given the official name of Annam by China.
- Henry II of England acknowledged Rosamund Clifford as his mistress.
- Richard of Dover as Archbishop of Canterbury
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174 174 114 117 1174 1714 1147 117 11174 11174 11774 11744 ~174 q174 2174 q174 1~74 1q74 1274 1q74 1164 11y4 11u4 1184 11u4 1173 117e 117r 1175 117r 1174sFeed the lean critic and the fattening worm; To mad Moorfields, or sober Chancery Lane, Vex'd by the grin of your unheeded sire, Like a teased parent, and is rashly kind. View the strange land, and tell us of its worth; The patriot scrap shall warn us to retreat. A forward imp, go, search the dangerous place, Though dragon-wits there keep eternal guard; The Muses yield, as the Hesperides; For every maid is willing to be won. And beg our passage through the fairy land: And crop the blossoms woods and valleys yield, And feel the fires on Genius' wings that glow; Soothe without fear, and without trembling, hope. The following Poem being itself of an introductory nature, its and judicious reader on the merits of the writer as a poet; very decide for themselves. It is addressed to the Authors of the Monthy Review, as to critics afforded the writer of this Epistle a reason for directing it to and sufficient plea for the preference. Familiar with disappointment, he shall not be much surprised to find his readers some entertainment, and is assured that however little merits contempt. The pious pilot, whom the gods provide, Trusts not alone his knowledge of the deep, .