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... once to have heard Johnson say , ' Sir , a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope . " " • I Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flou- rished , without ...
... once to have heard Johnson say , ' Sir , a thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope . " " • I Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flou- rished , without ...
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... the Whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and show the waste of public money , the unreasonable PRIOR . 11.
... the Whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and show the waste of public money , the unreasonable PRIOR . 11.
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... once for all , upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly that we must give a different turn to our Parliament and our people according to their resolution at this crisis . " Prior's public dignity and splendour commenced in ...
... once for all , upon this occasion , and convince him thoroughly that we must give a different turn to our Parliament and our people according to their resolution at this crisis . " Prior's public dignity and splendour commenced in ...
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... once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : - " De Sacerdote Furem consolante . " Quidam sacrificus furem comitatus euntem Huc ubi dat sontes carnificina neci . Ne sis moestus , ait ; summi conviva Tonantis Jam cum cœlitibus ( si modo ...
... once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : - " De Sacerdote Furem consolante . " Quidam sacrificus furem comitatus euntem Huc ubi dat sontes carnificina neci . Ne sis moestus , ait ; summi conviva Tonantis Jam cum cœlitibus ( si modo ...
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... once ; the words did not come till they were called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more rigid stateliness than ...
... once ; the words did not come till they were called , and were then put by constraint into their places , where they do their duty , but do it sullenly . In his greater compositions there may be found more rigid stateliness than ...
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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