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Page 182
... neglect the help of books . When the Theatres were shut , he retired to Richmond with a few select writers , whose opin- ions he impressed upon his memory by unwearied diligence ; and when he returned with other wits to the town , was ...
... neglect the help of books . When the Theatres were shut , he retired to Richmond with a few select writers , whose opin- ions he impressed upon his memory by unwearied diligence ; and when he returned with other wits to the town , was ...
Page 232
... neglected ; but it had been a hopeless labour to glean up words , by courting living informa- tion , and contesting ... neglect those that are obvious and familiar : thus many of the most common and cursory words have been inserted with ...
... neglected ; but it had been a hopeless labour to glean up words , by courting living informa- tion , and contesting ... neglect those that are obvious and familiar : thus many of the most common and cursory words have been inserted with ...
Page 362
... neglected . Pope , however , was not ashamed of their acquaintance , nor ungrateful for the advantages which he might have derived from it . A small selec- tion from the Italians who wrote in Latin had been published at London , about ...
... neglected . Pope , however , was not ashamed of their acquaintance , nor ungrateful for the advantages which he might have derived from it . A small selec- tion from the Italians who wrote in Latin had been published at London , about ...
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Addison appears Aristotle attention beauties blank verse censure character Chrysippus common considered criticism curiosity danger death delight desire dignity diligence discovered Drugget Dryden Dunciad Earse easily elegance endeavour English enquire envy equally Essay Essay on Criticism evil excellence expected eyes faults favour frequently garret genius happiness honour hope Hudibras human idleness Iliad images imagination kind knowledge labour language learning lence letters live Lord mankind Matthew Prior ment mind misery nature neglect never numbers observed opinion ourselves Ovid pain Paradise Lost passed passions perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet poetry Pope Pope's praise present produced publick reader reason Satire of Juvenal says scarcely scenes seems Seged seldom sentiments Shakespeare shew Skie sometimes sorrow suffered sufficient supposed things thou thought tion truth unkle vanity verse virtue wish words writer