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... present lost ; for they are commonly harsh to modern ears . He has indeed many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts some- times swelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable ...
... present lost ; for they are commonly harsh to modern ears . He has indeed many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could produce . The bulk of his thoughts some- times swelled his verse to unexpected and inevitable ...
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... presents move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But , oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again ; Receive my gifts ; if mercy fails , yet let my present move , And fear the God that deals ...
... presents move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But , oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again ; Receive my gifts ; if mercy fails , yet let my present move , And fear the God that deals ...
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... present of twenty guineas . I am very ready to own that the present was larger than my performance deserved ; and shall ascribe it to his generosity , or any other cause , rather than the merit of the address . " The poem , which ...
... present of twenty guineas . I am very ready to own that the present was larger than my performance deserved ; and shall ascribe it to his generosity , or any other cause , rather than the merit of the address . " The poem , which ...
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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