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... things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they show him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of ...
... things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they show him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of ...
Pagina 140
... things had spent three months in translating M. Varillas's History ; but that as soon as my Reflections appeared he discontinued his labour , finding the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is re- covered by his Answer ...
... things had spent three months in translating M. Varillas's History ; but that as soon as my Reflections appeared he discontinued his labour , finding the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is re- covered by his Answer ...
Pagina 393
... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people , never heard of before , is presented to us in a manner so clear and easy , that the reader seeks for no further information , but immediately ...
... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people , never heard of before , is presented to us in a manner so clear and easy , that the reader seeks for no further information , but immediately ...
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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