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Pagina 74
... soon after engaged in a joint translation of the Invectives against Philip , with a design , surely weak and puerile , of turning the thunder of Demosthenes upon the head of Lewis . He afterwards ( in 1706 ) had his estate again aug ...
... soon after engaged in a joint translation of the Invectives against Philip , with a design , surely weak and puerile , of turning the thunder of Demosthenes upon the head of Lewis . He afterwards ( in 1706 ) had his estate again aug ...
Pagina 188
... soon found his solicitations hopeless . He was then invited by the Earl of Berkeley to accom- pany him into Ireland , as his private secretary ; but after having done the business till their arrival at Dublin , he then found that one ...
... soon found his solicitations hopeless . He was then invited by the Earl of Berkeley to accom- pany him into Ireland , as his private secretary ; but after having done the business till their arrival at Dublin , he then found that one ...
Pagina 371
... soon dignified by Badius with a comment , and , as Scaliger complained , received into schools , and taught as classical ; his complaint was vain , and the practice , however in- judicious , spread far and continued long . Mantuan was ...
... soon dignified by Badius with a comment , and , as Scaliger complained , received into schools , and taught as classical ; his complaint was vain , and the practice , however in- judicious , spread far and continued long . Mantuan was ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young