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Pagina 162
A Selection Samuel Johnson John Wain. him may be transferred the praise which he gives his master Charles : His conversation , wit , and parts , His knowledge in the noblest useful arts , Were such , dead authors could not give , But ...
A Selection Samuel Johnson John Wain. him may be transferred the praise which he gives his master Charles : His conversation , wit , and parts , His knowledge in the noblest useful arts , Were such , dead authors could not give , But ...
Pagina 335
... give Chryseis to these arms again ; If mercy fail , yet let my presents move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But , oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again ; Receive my gifts ; if ...
... give Chryseis to these arms again ; If mercy fail , yet let my presents move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But , oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again ; Receive my gifts ; if ...
Pagina 469
... give praise only to the inventor . It is in the power of any man to rush abruptly upon his subject that has read the ballad of Johnny Armstrong : Is there ever a man in all Scotland . The initial resemblances , or alliterations , " ruin ...
... give praise only to the inventor . It is in the power of any man to rush abruptly upon his subject that has read the ballad of Johnny Armstrong : Is there ever a man in all Scotland . The initial resemblances , or alliterations , " ruin ...
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JOHN MILTON | 47 |
EARL OF ROCHESTER | 107 |
JOHN DRYDEN | 113 |
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote