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... sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and answered by Addison , who appears to have known the author ...
... sometimes , as is said , by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and answered by Addison , who appears to have known the author ...
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... sometimes vague , sometimes insidious , and writing answers different from those which they 66 received . Prior , however , seems to have 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... sometimes vague , sometimes insidious , and writing answers different from those which they 66 received . Prior , however , seems to have 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... sometimes ideal : but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his wenches , perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate and ran away , as was related by a woman who ...
... sometimes ideal : but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his wenches , perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate and ran away , as was related by a woman who ...
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... sometimes elegant , sometimes trifling , and sometimes dull ; among the best are the “ Chamelion " and the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has written so much and translated so little the version of Callimachus ...
... sometimes elegant , sometimes trifling , and sometimes dull ; among the best are the “ Chamelion " and the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has written so much and translated so little the version of Callimachus ...
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... sometimes heightened it to sub- limity he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which all others are of small avail- the power of engaging attention and alluring curiosity . : Tediousness is ...
... sometimes heightened it to sub- limity he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which all others are of small avail- the power of engaging attention and alluring curiosity . : Tediousness is ...
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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