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... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other hands " ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that ...
... given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other hands " ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that ...
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... given him by Addison . The hopes of the public were not disappointed . He produced , says Pope , " the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language . " It certainly excelled whatever had appeared in English , and appears ...
... given him by Addison . The hopes of the public were not disappointed . He produced , says Pope , " the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language . " It certainly excelled whatever had appeared in English , and appears ...
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... given why part of the information should be given in one tongue , and part in another , on a tomb , more than in any other place , on any other occasion ; and to tell all that can be conveniently told in verse , and then to call in the ...
... given why part of the information should be given in one tongue , and part in another , on a tomb , more than in any other place , on any other occasion ; and to tell all that can be conveniently told in verse , and then to call in the ...
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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