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Page 112
... says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish dialect , in itself harsh and barbarous , but made , by exalted genius and extensive learning , the vehicle of so much instruc- tion and so much ...
... says of Spenser , that he wrote no language , but has formed what Butler calls a Babylonish dialect , in itself harsh and barbarous , but made , by exalted genius and extensive learning , the vehicle of so much instruc- tion and so much ...
Page 149
... says he , " who think themselves already undone , can never apprehend themselves in danger ; and they who have nothing left can never give freely . " Political truth is equally in danger from the praises of courtiers , and the ...
... says he , " who think themselves already undone , can never apprehend themselves in danger ; and they who have nothing left can never give freely . " Political truth is equally in danger from the praises of courtiers , and the ...
Page 338
... says Pope , had been tried for the first time in favour of The Distrest Mother ; and was now , with more efficacy , practised for Cato . The danger was soon over . The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction . The Whigs ...
... says Pope , had been tried for the first time in favour of The Distrest Mother ; and was now , with more efficacy , practised for Cato . The danger was soon over . The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction . The Whigs ...
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