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... seems to have been gratuitously transferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem in the night and morning , I suppose before his mind was disturbed with common business ...
... seems to have been gratuitously transferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know more , is , that he composed much of his poem in the night and morning , I suppose before his mind was disturbed with common business ...
Page 169
... seems to have been peculiarly formed : Let envy then those crimes within you see , From which the happy never must be free ; Envy that does with misery reside , The joy and the revenge of ruin'd pride . Into this poem he seems to have ...
... seems to have been peculiarly formed : Let envy then those crimes within you see , From which the happy never must be free ; Envy that does with misery reside , The joy and the revenge of ruin'd pride . Into this poem he seems to have ...
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... seems to have been Pope's favourite amusement , for he has carried it farther than any former poet . He published likewise a revival , in smoother numbers , of Dr. Donne's Satires , which was recommended to him by the Duke of Shrewsbury ...
... seems to have been Pope's favourite amusement , for he has carried it farther than any former poet . He published likewise a revival , in smoother numbers , of Dr. Donne's Satires , which was recommended to him by the Duke of Shrewsbury ...
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