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... character of his deceased patron , the Earl of Dorset . It began with the College exercise , and ended with the " Nutbrown Maid . " The Battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this ...
... character of his deceased patron , the Earl of Dorset . It began with the College exercise , and ended with the " Nutbrown Maid . " The Battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this ...
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... character . By some mistake of the queen's orders the court of France had been disgusted , and Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , -Hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee ...
... character . By some mistake of the queen's orders the court of France had been disgusted , and Bolingbroke says in his letter , " Dear Mat , -Hide the nakedness of thy country , and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee ...
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... he was , both by his abilities and station , very few memorials have been left by his con- temporaries ; the account , therefore , must now be destitute of his private character and familiar practices . He 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... he was , both by his abilities and station , very few memorials have been left by his con- temporaries ; the account , therefore , must now be destitute of his private character and familiar practices . He 18 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. destitute of his private character and familiar practices . He lived at a time when the rage of party detected all which it was any man's interest to hide ; and , as little ill is heard of ...
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. destitute of his private character and familiar practices . He lived at a time when the rage of party detected all which it was any man's interest to hide ; and , as little ill is heard of ...
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... character suffers an abatement , it must be from the disproportion of his rhymes , which have not always sufficient consonance , and from the admission of broken lines into his " Solomon ; " but perhaps he thought , like Cowley , that ...
... character suffers an abatement , it must be from the disproportion of his rhymes , which have not always sufficient consonance , and from the admission of broken lines into his " Solomon ; " but perhaps he thought , like Cowley , that ...
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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