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Pagina 13
... person , even in the lower grades of society , who pretended to any reading , ever thought of making love in his own person . The proper tone of feeling was not acquired till he had invested himself with the pastoral attributes of Damon ...
... person , even in the lower grades of society , who pretended to any reading , ever thought of making love in his own person . The proper tone of feeling was not acquired till he had invested himself with the pastoral attributes of Damon ...
Pagina 17
... person . ' This whole celebrated piece is a perfect contradiction to good manners , good sense , and common honesty ; and as there is nothing in it but what is built upon the ruin of virtue and innocence , according to the notion of ...
... person . ' This whole celebrated piece is a perfect contradiction to good manners , good sense , and common honesty ; and as there is nothing in it but what is built upon the ruin of virtue and innocence , according to the notion of ...
Pagina 56
... persons of quality , " the principal entertainment was provided by the drama . But the stage , seldom a lucrative profession , was then crowded with writers whose fertile , if not very lofty , invention kept down the price of plays ...
... persons of quality , " the principal entertainment was provided by the drama . But the stage , seldom a lucrative profession , was then crowded with writers whose fertile , if not very lofty , invention kept down the price of plays ...
Pagina 62
... person to whom the sacer vates required for the occasion would probably be known . Halifax has had the misfortune to have his character transmitted to posterity by two poets who hated him either on public or private grounds . Swift ...
... person to whom the sacer vates required for the occasion would probably be known . Halifax has had the misfortune to have his character transmitted to posterity by two poets who hated him either on public or private grounds . Swift ...
Pagina 63
... person who possessed every qualification for the task , he could not ask him to undertake it . Being pressed for his reasons , he replied " that while too many fools and blockheads were maintained in their pride and luxury at the public ...
... person who possessed every qualification for the task , he could not ask him to undertake it . Being pressed for his reasons , he replied " that while too many fools and blockheads were maintained in their pride and luxury at the public ...
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absence of Marlborough Accordingly Boyle acquainted appears Arsinoe battle of Blenheim Behold the glorious bestowed her unreserved blockheads were maintained brate Blenheim Cato celebrating a Ministry Charles II chief place commemorated in adequate compliment Court critic desire any gentleman doubt Dryden Duchess Duchess of Marlborough English genius glorious pile ascending Godolphin applied Halifax always proved Halifax mentioned Addison honour humour Jacob Tonson Jacobite element jealous of Marlborough's King Kit-Kat Club letter literary looks they showed Lord Halifax Lord Treasurer Louis XIV manners Marlborough occupied Marlborough's ascendency morality native charms divinely nature opera opinion ously identified paper perhaps by patriotic person play poem poet to cele poetry political Pope also satirises Queen Roger de Coverley Rosamond satirises the vanity says Sir John Hawkins Sir Roger sleeping potion society Spectator Steele style taste Tatler throne menaced Tickell tion Tory Tory predilec Treasurer assured Halifax whereupon Halifax mentioned Whigs writes