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Page 105
... honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
... honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
Page 172
... honour and ornament of the nation , be buried after this private manner ! No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my lady's consent to let me have the honour of his ...
... honour and ornament of the nation , be buried after this private manner ! No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my lady's consent to let me have the honour of his ...
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... honour or pleasure should have been missed by Arbuthnot ; a man estimable for his learning , amiable for his life , and venerable for his piety . Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension , skilful in his profession , versed in the ...
... honour or pleasure should have been missed by Arbuthnot ; a man estimable for his learning , amiable for his life , and venerable for his piety . Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension , skilful in his profession , versed in the ...
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Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censured character Charles Dryden comedy composition Congreve considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English English poetry epick epitaph Euripides excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick Homer honour Iliad images imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour lady language Latin learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never numbers opinion Paradise Lost passions perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise preface produced publick published reader reason remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes stanza supposed tell things Thomson thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue WILLIAM CONGREVE words write written wrote