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... Lord Jefferies ordered the hearsemen to carry the corpse to Russell's , an undertaker in Cheapside , and leave it there till he sent orders for the embalmment , which , he added , should be after the royal manner . His directions were ...
... Lord Jefferies ordered the hearsemen to carry the corpse to Russell's , an undertaker in Cheapside , and leave it there till he sent orders for the embalmment , which , he added , should be after the royal manner . His directions were ...
Page 201
... Lord Godolphin , lamenting to Lord Halifax that it had not been celebrated in a manner equal to the subject , desired him to propose it to some better poet . Hali- fax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless ...
... Lord Godolphin , lamenting to Lord Halifax that it had not been celebrated in a manner equal to the subject , desired him to propose it to some better poet . Hali- fax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless ...
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... Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to taste than really possessed of it . - When I had finished the two or three first books of my translation of the Iliad , that Lord desired to have the pleasure of hearing them read at his house ...
... Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to taste than really possessed of it . - When I had finished the two or three first books of my translation of the Iliad , that Lord desired to have the pleasure of hearing them read at his house ...
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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