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... volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thousand ; to which Lord Harley , the son of the Earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal sum for the purchase of Down Hall , which Prior was to enjoy ...
... volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thousand ; to which Lord Harley , the son of the Earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal sum for the purchase of Down Hall , which Prior was to enjoy ...
Page 17
... volume of terse prose , that makes up the report of the committee , speaking verses ! Sic est , homo sum . ' He died at Wimpole , a seat of the Earl of Oxford , on the 18th of September , 1721 , and was buried in West- minster ; where ...
... volume of terse prose , that makes up the report of the committee , speaking verses ! Sic est , homo sum . ' He died at Wimpole , a seat of the Earl of Oxford , on the 18th of September , 1721 , and was buried in West- minster ; where ...
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... volume in which stage - plays were censured . The outrages and crimes of the Puritans brought afterwards their whole system of doctrine into disrepute , and from the Restoration the poets and players were left at quiet ; for to have ...
... volume in which stage - plays were censured . The outrages and crimes of the Puritans brought afterwards their whole system of doctrine into disrepute , and from the Restoration the poets and players were left at quiet ; for to have ...
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... volume , and called in the title " A Sequel to the Spectators . " Some years afterwards ( 1716 and 1717 ) he published two volumes of essays in prose , which can be commended only as they are written for the highest and noblest pur ...
... volume , and called in the title " A Sequel to the Spectators . " Some years afterwards ( 1716 and 1717 ) he published two volumes of essays in prose , which can be commended only as they are written for the highest and noblest pur ...
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... volume of his " Miscellanies . " Walsh , a name yet preserved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by the pastorals , and from him Pope received the counsel from which he seems to have ...
... volume of his " Miscellanies . " Walsh , a name yet preserved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by the pastorals , and from him Pope received the counsel from which he seems to have ...
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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