Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
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... satire on the king's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , that when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill success , not with so ...
... satire on the king's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , that when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill success , not with so ...
Page 273
... satire was applied to the support of publick principles , and in which therefore every mind was interested , the ... satire , which , though neither so well pointed nor perhaps so well aimed , undoubtedly drew blood . One of these ...
... satire was applied to the support of publick principles , and in which therefore every mind was interested , the ... satire , which , though neither so well pointed nor perhaps so well aimed , undoubtedly drew blood . One of these ...
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... satire , exceeds any part of the former . Personal resentment , though no laudable motive to satire , can add great force to general principles . Self - love is a busy prompter . The Medal , written upon the same principles with Absalom ...
... satire , exceeds any part of the former . Personal resentment , though no laudable motive to satire , can add great force to general principles . Self - love is a busy prompter . The Medal , written upon the same principles with Absalom ...
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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