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... expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by his own . fault , wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed , and Cowley found his reward ...
... expected ample preferments ; and , that he might not be forgotten by his own . fault , wrote a Song of Triumph . But this was a time of such general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed , and Cowley found his reward ...
Page 8
... expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
... expected from so great a man . " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
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... expected to give Pope information of the seeming injury . Lintot , I believe , did nothing , and Curll did what was expected . That to make them public was the only purpose may be reasonably supposed , because the numbers offered to ...
... expected to give Pope information of the seeming injury . Lintot , I believe , did nothing , and Curll did what was expected . That to make them public was the only purpose may be reasonably supposed , because the numbers offered to ...
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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