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... never said before . Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden ...
... never said before . Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden ...
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... never blazes in unexpected splendour . It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harsh- ness and ... never feeble , and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have ...
... never blazes in unexpected splendour . It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harsh- ness and ... never feeble , and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid , and he never stagnates . His sentences have ...
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... never saw her alone , or in any other place than behind the scenes . At her death [ 23rd Oct. , 1730 ] he endeavoured to show his gratitude in the most decent manner , by wearing mourning as for a mother ; but did not celebrate her in ...
... never saw her alone , or in any other place than behind the scenes . At her death [ 23rd Oct. , 1730 ] he endeavoured to show his gratitude in the most decent manner , by wearing mourning as for a mother ; but did not celebrate her in ...
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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