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Page 140
... honour that any man can receive from him , which is to be railed at by him . If I had ill - nature enough to prompt me to wish a very bad wish for him , it should be , that he would go on and finish his translation . By that it will ...
... honour that any man can receive from him , which is to be railed at by him . If I had ill - nature enough to prompt me to wish a very bad wish for him , it should be , that he would go on and finish his translation . By that it will ...
Page 145
... honour and ornament of the nation , be buried after this private manner ? No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr. Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my Lady's consent to let me have the honour of his ...
... honour and ornament of the nation , be buried after this private manner ? No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr. Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my Lady's consent to let me have the honour of his ...
Page 445
... honour , advantage , or satisfaction of any kind in this world ; when you consider his ironical and humorous , as well as his serious schemes , for the promotion of true religion and virtue , his success in soliciting for the First ...
... honour , advantage , or satisfaction of any kind in this world ; when you consider his ironical and humorous , as well as his serious schemes , for the promotion of true religion and virtue , his success in soliciting for the First ...
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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