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... called forth all the verse- men , Prior , among the rest , took care to show his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an epistle to Boileau . He published , soon afterwards , a volume of poems , with the encomiastic ...
... called forth all the verse- men , Prior , among the rest , took care to show his delight in the increasing honour of his country by an epistle to Boileau . He published , soon afterwards , a volume of poems , with the encomiastic ...
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... called the Examiner was periodically published , written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the ...
... called the Examiner was periodically published , written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the ...
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... called , and very indecently asked by Coningsby " if his house was secured by bars and bolts . " The mes- senger answered , " No , " with astonishment . At which Coningsby very angrily said , " Sir , you must secure this prisoner ; it ...
... called , and very indecently asked by Coningsby " if his house was secured by bars and bolts . " The mes- senger answered , " No , " with astonishment . At which Coningsby very angrily said , " Sir , you must secure this prisoner ; it ...
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... called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more rigid stateliness than graceful dignity . Of versification he was not ...
... called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more rigid stateliness than graceful dignity . Of versification he was not ...
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... called " Incognita ; or , Love and Duty Reconciled ; " it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious . I would rather praise it than read it ...
... called " Incognita ; or , Love and Duty Reconciled ; " it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious . I would rather praise it than read it ...
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Addison afterwards appear Atrides Battle of Ramillies beauties Binfield Blackmore Boileau Bolingbroke censure character Cibber composition Congreve considered contempt copies couplet criticism Curll declared delight Dennis desire diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Earl of Oxford edition elegance endeavoured English poets Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence fame faults favour friends friendship genius Halifax heroes Homer honour Iliad images imitation judgment kind King known labour language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mind nature never numbers o'er opinion original performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise present printed Prior prose published readers reason remarks reputation RICHARD HAKLUYT ridicule SAMUEL JOHNSON satire says seems sometimes supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation verses versification virtue volume Warburton Westminster Abbey write written wrote