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... opinion Philips has mistaken the time of the year ; for Milton , in his Elegies , declares , that with the advance of the spring he feels the increase of his poetical force , redeunt in carmina vires . To this it is answered , that ...
... opinion Philips has mistaken the time of the year ; for Milton , in his Elegies , declares , that with the advance of the spring he feels the increase of his poetical force , redeunt in carmina vires . To this it is answered , that ...
Page 206
... opinion that they were born for one another , and that any other hand would do him wrong . It may be doubted whether ... opinions it is probable more consequences were at first intended than could be produced when the resolu- tion was ...
... opinion that they were born for one another , and that any other hand would do him wrong . It may be doubted whether ... opinions it is probable more consequences were at first intended than could be produced when the resolu- tion was ...
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... opinion the shortest and likeliest way of coming at the lady was by demolishing instead of putting on an impertinent disguise to circumvent two or three slaves . But Sempronius , it seems , is of another opinion . He extols to the skies ...
... opinion the shortest and likeliest way of coming at the lady was by demolishing instead of putting on an impertinent disguise to circumvent two or three slaves . But Sempronius , it seems , is of another opinion . He extols to the skies ...
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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