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... performance was the best . He had not , however , much reason to complain , for he came to London and obtained such notice that ( in 1691 ) he was sent to the Congress at the Hague as secretary to the embassy . In this assembly of ...
... performance was the best . He had not , however , much reason to complain , for he came to London and obtained such notice that ( in 1691 ) he was sent to the Congress at the Hague as secretary to the embassy . In this assembly of ...
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... performance of a young lady that sat next him , he pro- duced these extemporary lines : - - " Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux , Et je suis triste quand je crie Bannissons la Mélancolie . " Tradition ...
... performance of a young lady that sat next him , he pro- duced these extemporary lines : - - " Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux , Et je suis triste quand je crie Bannissons la Mélancolie . " Tradition ...
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... performance was a novel 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 ...
... performance was a novel 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 ...
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... performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by Mr. Dryden , Mr. Southern , and Mr. Maynwaring . Dryden said that he never had seen such a first ...
... performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by Mr. Dryden , Mr. Southern , and Mr. Maynwaring . Dryden said that he never had seen such a first ...
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... book . " He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his censurers , which he expresses in language such 44 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... book . " He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a performance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his censurers , which he expresses in language such 44 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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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