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Page 71
... called Apologia pro Rege et Populo Anglicano , contra Johannis Polypragmatici ( alias Miltoni Angli ) defensionem de- structivam Regis et Populi . Of this the author was not known ; but Milton and his nephew [ John ] Philips - under ...
... called Apologia pro Rege et Populo Anglicano , contra Johannis Polypragmatici ( alias Miltoni Angli ) defensionem de- structivam Regis et Populi . Of this the author was not known ; but Milton and his nephew [ John ] Philips - under ...
Page 205
... called Absalom and Achitophel , written against the faction which , by Lord Salisbury's incitement , set the Duke of Monmouth at its head . Of this poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of public principles , and in ...
... called Absalom and Achitophel , written against the faction which , by Lord Salisbury's incitement , set the Duke of Monmouth at its head . Of this poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of public principles , and in ...
Page 338
... called Booth to his box , and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator . The Whigs , says Pope , design a second present , when they can accompany it with as good a sentence . The ...
... called Booth to his box , and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator . The Whigs , says Pope , design a second present , when they can accompany it with as good a sentence . The ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration Æneid afterwards appears beauties better blank verse Cato censure character Charles compositions considered Cowley criticism daughter death declared delight diction diligence dramatic Dryden Duke Earl edition elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence fancy favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras images imagination imitation John Dryden Juvenal kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived Lord Lord Roscommon Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed occasion opinion Paradise Lost Parliament passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise preface produced published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme Samuel Johnson satire says seems seldom Sempronius sent sentiments sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler Thomas Sprat thou thought told tragedy translation verses versification Virgil Waller Westminster Westminster Abbey Whig write written wrote