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... satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shown him , he received the news of his ill success not with ...
... satire on the King's party . Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shown him , he received the news of his ill success not with ...
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... satire was applied to the support of public principles , and in which therefore every mind was interested , the ... satire , which , though neither so well pointed nor perhaps so well aimed , undoubtedly drew blood . One of these poems ...
... satire was applied to the support of public principles , and in which therefore every mind was interested , the ... satire , which , though neither so well pointed nor perhaps so well aimed , undoubtedly drew blood . One of these poems ...
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... satire , exceeds any part of the former . Personal resentment , though no laudable motive to satire , can add great force to general principles . Self - love is a busy prompter . The Medal , written upon the same principles with Absalom ...
... satire , exceeds any part of the former . Personal resentment , though no laudable motive to satire , can add great force to general principles . Self - love is a busy prompter . The Medal , written upon the same principles with Absalom ...
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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