The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears Aristotle beauties better Blackmore blank verse Cato censure character comedy compositions Congreve considered criticism death delight diction died diligence Dryden duke earl elegant elegy English Euripides excellence favour Fenton friends genius Henry Sacheverell heroick honour house of Hanover Iliad imitation Jane Shore Juba kind king William Kit-cat Club labour lady language Latin learning lines lived lord lord Halifax Magdalen college ment mind Montague nature ness never numbers observed opinion Oxford passions perhaps pity and terrour play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise prince Prior publick published queen reader reason remarks reputation Rowe says seems Sempronius sentiments sometimes Sophocles Spectator Spence stanza Steele supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought Tickell tion told tragedy translated verses versification Virgil whigs write written wrote