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Pagina 118
... observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marr - all ( 1668 ) is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of ...
... observed , that what is good only because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marr - all ( 1668 ) is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of ...
Pagina 220
... observation , and marked with great acuteness the effects of different modes of life . He was a man in whose presence ... observed by Tickell , that he employed wit on the side of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper use of ...
... observation , and marked with great acuteness the effects of different modes of life . He was a man in whose presence ... observed by Tickell , that he employed wit on the side of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper use of ...
Pagina 239
... observed in all ages that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank , or the extent of their capacity , have placed upon the ...
... observed in all ages that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank , or the extent of their capacity , have placed upon the ...
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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