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... Lady Margaret Leigh , whom he has mentioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michael- mas arrived ; but the lady had no inclination to return to the sullen gloom of her husband's habitation , and therefore very willingly forgot her ...
... Lady Margaret Leigh , whom he has mentioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michael- mas arrived ; but the lady had no inclination to return to the sullen gloom of her husband's habitation , and therefore very willingly forgot her ...
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... lady Elizabeth and Mr Charles Dryden her son , that , if they would give him leave to bury Mr Dryden , he would ... lady's consent to let me have the honour of his interment , which shall be after another manner than this ; and I ...
... lady Elizabeth and Mr Charles Dryden her son , that , if they would give him leave to bury Mr Dryden , he would ... lady's consent to let me have the honour of his interment , which shall be after another manner than this ; and I ...
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... lady's bedside , who was then sick ; he repeated the purport of what he had before said ; but she absolutely ... lady , being under a sudden surprise , fainted away . As soon as she recovered her speech , she cried , No , no ...
... lady's bedside , who was then sick ; he repeated the purport of what he had before said ; but she absolutely ... lady , being under a sudden surprise , fainted away . As soon as she recovered her speech , she cried , No , no ...
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Introduction | 5 |
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