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... Soon afterwards [ 11th June , 1727 ] the death of the King furnished a general subject for a poetical contest , in which Mr. Savage engaged , and is allowed to have carried the prize of honour from his competitors : but I know not ...
... Soon afterwards [ 11th June , 1727 ] the death of the King furnished a general subject for a poetical contest , in which Mr. Savage engaged , and is allowed to have carried the prize of honour from his competitors : but I know not ...
Page 257
... soon convinced her how little his former conduct could deserve to be mentioned as a reason for extraordinary severity . The interposition of this lady was so successful that he was soon after admitted to bail , and , on the 9th of March ...
... soon convinced her how little his former conduct could deserve to be mentioned as a reason for extraordinary severity . The interposition of this lady was so successful that he was soon after admitted to bail , and , on the 9th of March ...
Page 448
... soon become conspicuous , and would find friends as soon as it became reputable to befriend it . A lady , who was acquainted with his mother , advised him to the journey , and promised some countenance or assistance , which at last he ...
... soon become conspicuous , and would find friends as soon as it became reputable to befriend it . A lady , who was acquainted with his mother , advised him to the journey , and promised some countenance or assistance , which at last he ...
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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