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Page 267
... declared that Lord Tyrconnel quarrelled with him because he would not subtract from his own luxury and extravagance what he had promised to allow him , and that his resentment was only a plea for the violation of his promise . He ...
... declared that Lord Tyrconnel quarrelled with him because he would not subtract from his own luxury and extravagance what he had promised to allow him , and that his resentment was only a plea for the violation of his promise . He ...
Page 268
... declared that the request was still more unreasonable , as the company to which he was to have been confined was insupport- ably disagreeable . This assertion affords another instance of that inconsistency of his writings with his ...
... declared that the request was still more unreasonable , as the company to which he was to have been confined was insupport- ably disagreeable . This assertion affords another instance of that inconsistency of his writings with his ...
Page 306
... declared " he should again treat it , with disdain . As to writing any mendicant letters , he had too high a spirit , and determined only to write to some ministers of State to try to regain his pension . " He continued to complain of ...
... declared " he should again treat it , with disdain . As to writing any mendicant letters , he had too high a spirit , and determined only to write to some ministers of State to try to regain his pension . " He continued to complain of ...
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote