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... Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed ad- versary . He had besides given them reason for ... Dryden's impurities , but praised his powers ; though in a subsequent edition he retained the satire and omitted the ...
... Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed ad- versary . He had besides given them reason for ... Dryden's impurities , but praised his powers ; though in a subsequent edition he retained the satire and omitted the ...
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... Dryden , which he considered as the model to be studied , and was impressed with such veneration for his instructor , that he persuaded some friends to take him to the coffee - house which Dryden frequented , and pleased himself with ...
... Dryden , which he considered as the model to be studied , and was impressed with such veneration for his instructor , that he persuaded some friends to take him to the coffee - house which Dryden frequented , and pleased himself with ...
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... Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastic , and who , be- fore he became an author , had been allowed more time ...
... Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastic , and who , be- fore he became an author , had been allowed more time ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber contempt conversation criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination Johnson's Lives kind King known labour Lady learning letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Landsdowne Lyttelton mankind mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers observed occasion once opinion Orrery panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed published Queen racter reader reason received reputation resentment rhyme satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel verses virtue whigs write written wrote Young