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... common . Dryden calculated nativities ; both Cromwell and King William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no religion , was said to regard predictions . The Sailor is not accounted very natural , but he is ...
... common . Dryden calculated nativities ; both Cromwell and King William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no religion , was said to regard predictions . The Sailor is not accounted very natural , but he is ...
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... common vanity of common men , and triumphs in those distinctions which he had affected to despise . He is proud that his book was presented to the King and Queen by the right honourable Sir Robert Walpole ; he is proud that they had ...
... common vanity of common men , and triumphs in those distinctions which he had affected to despise . He is proud that his book was presented to the King and Queen by the right honourable Sir Robert Walpole ; he is proud that they had ...
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... common - place , and such a one was never published before by any author whatever ; that this practice absolved them from any obligation of reading what was presented to them ; and that the bookseller approved of it , because it would ...
... common - place , and such a one was never published before by any author whatever ; that this practice absolved them from any obligation of reading what was presented to them ; and that the bookseller approved of it , because it would ...
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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