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... neglected . Her promise , like other promises made to this unfortunate man , was never performed , though he took ... neglect any opportunity that was offered of advancing his interest . When [ 14th March , 1734 ] the Princess Anne was ...
... neglected . Her promise , like other promises made to this unfortunate man , was never performed , though he took ... neglect any opportunity that was offered of advancing his interest . When [ 14th March , 1734 ] the Princess Anne was ...
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... neglected to depart with the money that was raised for him , he could not afterwards procure a sum sufficient to defray the expenses of his journey ; nor perhaps would a fresh supply have had any oth effect than , by putting immediate ...
... neglected to depart with the money that was raised for him , he could not afterwards procure a sum sufficient to defray the expenses of his journey ; nor perhaps would a fresh supply have had any oth effect than , by putting immediate ...
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... neglected . Pope , however , was not ashamed of their acquaintance , nor ungrate- ful for the advantages which he might have derived from it . A small selection from the Italians who wrote in Latin had been published at London , about ...
... neglected . Pope , however , was not ashamed of their acquaintance , nor ungrate- ful for the advantages which he might have derived from it . A small selection from the Italians who wrote in Latin had been published at London , about ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards allowed appeared Atrides beauties Bolingbroke censure character Cibber confessed considered contempt COWLEY criticism death declared delighted diction dignity diligence discovered DONNE Dryden Dunciad easily effect elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay Essay on Criticism excellence faults favour fortune friends genius Georgics happy Homer honour human Iliad images imagination Johnson kind knowledge labour language learning letter likewise lines literary live Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Tyrconnel Lycidas mankind ment mind mother nature neglected never numbers o'er observed opinion Ovid panegyric Paradise Lost passion performance perhaps pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise published Queen reader reason remarks reputation resentment Richard Savage satire Savage says seems sentiments Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes stanza subscription sufficient supposed thought tion translation truth verses Virgil virtue write written wrote