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... wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskil- ful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but always either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound ...
... wrote with abundant fertility , but negligent or unskil- ful selection ; with much thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but always either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound ...
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... wrote are not distinguished . The Indian Emperor was published in 1667. It is a tragedy in rhyme , intended for a ... wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity ...
... wrote are not distinguished . The Indian Emperor was published in 1667. It is a tragedy in rhyme , intended for a ... wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity ...
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... wrote a Project for the Advancement of Religion , addressed to Lady Berkeley , by whose kindness it is not unlikely that he was advanced to his benefices . To this project , which is formed with great purity of intention , and displayed ...
... wrote a Project for the Advancement of Religion , addressed to Lady Berkeley , by whose kindness it is not unlikely that he was advanced to his benefices . To this project , which is formed with great purity of intention , and displayed ...
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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