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Pagina 91
... gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say ; Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly ; Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , * Or printed his pitiful ...
... gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say ; Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly ; Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , * Or printed his pitiful ...
Pagina 252
... gave him a place in the pipe - office , * and another in the customs of six hundred pounds a year . Congreve's conversa- tion must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age ...
... gave him a place in the pipe - office , * and another in the customs of six hundred pounds a year . Congreve's conversa- tion must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age ...
Pagina 269
... gave it to him as he wanted it . But it is supposed that the discountenance of the Court sunk deep into his heart , and gave him more discontent than the applauses or tenderness of his friends could overpower . He soon fell into his old ...
... gave it to him as he wanted it . But it is supposed that the discountenance of the Court sunk deep into his heart , and gave him more discontent than the applauses or tenderness of his friends could overpower . He soon fell into his old ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censured character Charles Dryden comedy composition Congreve considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English English poetry epick epitaph Euripides excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick Homer honour Iliad images imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour lady language Latin learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never numbers opinion Paradise Lost passions perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise preface produced publick published reader reason remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes stanza supposed tell things Thomson thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue WILLIAM CONGREVE words write written wrote