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... occasion the Virgilian lots , and to have 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 ...
... occasion the Virgilian lots , and to have 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 ...
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... occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the King was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion or his profession , and published [ 1660 ] Astræa Redux ...
... occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the King was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion or his profession , and published [ 1660 ] Astræa Redux ...
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... occasion . The Dean made a tour to the south of Ireland , for about two months , at this time , to dissipate his thoughts , and give place to obloquy ; and Stella retired ( upon the earnest invitation of the owner ) to the house of a ...
... occasion . The Dean made a tour to the south of Ireland , for about two months , at this time , to dissipate his thoughts , and give place to obloquy ; and Stella retired ( upon the earnest invitation of the owner ) to the house of a ...
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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