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... with comic characters by the perusal of other poets , without much actual commerce with mankind . The dialogue is one constant reciprocation of conceits or clash of wit , in which nothing flows necessarily from the CONGREVE . 31.
... with comic characters by the perusal of other poets , without much actual commerce with mankind . The dialogue is one constant reciprocation of conceits or clash of wit , in which nothing flows necessarily from the CONGREVE . 31.
Page 44
... mankind makes it often mischievous to men of eminence to give way to merri- ment ; the idle and the illiterate will long shelter them- selves under this foolish apophthegm . Whether he rested satisfied with this direction , or sought ...
... mankind makes it often mischievous to men of eminence to give way to merri- ment ; the idle and the illiterate will long shelter them- selves under this foolish apophthegm . Whether he rested satisfied with this direction , or sought ...
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... folly produce an infinite variety of irregular under- standing , so the amicable accommodation and alliance be- tween several virtues and vices produce an equal diversity in the dispositions and manners of mankind ; whence it BLACKMORE .
... folly produce an infinite variety of irregular under- standing , so the amicable accommodation and alliance be- tween several virtues and vices produce an equal diversity in the dispositions and manners of mankind ; whence it BLACKMORE .
Page 54
... mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous and absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe among the least culpable men , some whose minds are attracted by ...
... mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous and absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe among the least culpable men , some whose minds are attracted by ...
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... I only undervalued false or superficial learning , that signifies nothing for the service of mankind ; and that as to physic , I expressly affirmed that learning must be joined with native genius to 56 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... I only undervalued false or superficial learning , that signifies nothing for the service of mankind ; and that as to physic , I expressly affirmed that learning must be joined with native genius to 56 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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Addison afterwards appear Atrides Battle of Ramillies beauties Binfield Blackmore Boileau Bolingbroke censure character Cibber composition Congreve considered contempt copies couplet criticism Curll declared delight Dennis desire diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Earl of Oxford edition elegance endeavoured English Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence fame faults favour friends friendship genius Halifax heroes Homer honour Iliad images imitation judgment kind King known labour language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mind nature never numbers o'er opinion original passages performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise printed Prior prose published readers reason remarks reputation resentment ridicule SAMUEL JOHNSON satire says seems sometimes supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation verses versification virtue volume Warburton Westminster Abbey WILLIAM CONGREVE write written wrote