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... says he , " or more inhuman , than to propose to me a question , by the answering of which I might , according to them , prove myself a traitor ? And notwithstanding their solemn promise , that nothing which I could say should hurt ...
... says he , " or more inhuman , than to propose to me a question , by the answering of which I might , according to them , prove myself a traitor ? And notwithstanding their solemn promise , that nothing which I could say should hurt ...
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... says , " with all the virulence of a wit out of his senses ; " to which he replied , " that he would take no other ... say of Cibber nobody inquired , but in hope that Pope's asperity might betray his pain and lessen his dignity . He ...
... says , " with all the virulence of a wit out of his senses ; " to which he replied , " that he would take no other ... say of Cibber nobody inquired , but in hope that Pope's asperity might betray his pain and lessen his dignity . He ...
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... say with certainty , that Young was a pen- sioner ? In all modern periods of this country , have not the writers on ... says , but keep her still in view through the bound- less spaces on the other side of creation , in her journey to ...
... say with certainty , that Young was a pen- sioner ? In all modern periods of this country , have not the writers on ... says , but keep her still in view through the bound- less spaces on the other side of creation , in her journey to ...
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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