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addressed
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
affected
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
affecting
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
afterward
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
agonized
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
all
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
also
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From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
ambition
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
antithetic
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
assumed
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
balancenounUS /ˈbalance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
boast
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
Bolingbroke
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
carried
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From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
carrying
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
characteristic
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
Correspondence
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
corroding
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
delusive
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
despise
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
disappointed
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
discretion
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
distinguished
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
Dublin
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
earliest
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
eminently
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
Enjoy
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
expression
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From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
facility
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From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
far
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From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
farce
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
farm
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
feel
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
find
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From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
following
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
four
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
Friends
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
future
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
give
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
glory
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
heart
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
illustriously
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
imbittered
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
immediately
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From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
indications
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
indifference
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
intended
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
lampoons
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
letters
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
lost
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
metre
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From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
more
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
notice
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From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
opinion
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
other
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
pastoral
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
pastorals
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From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
perfect
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From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
period
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
played
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
Pope
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
Pope's
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
posterity
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
power
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
pretending
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
pride
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
productions
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
publication
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From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
raising
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
really
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
reminds
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
sense
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
sentiment
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
sixteenth
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From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
solemn
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
Swift
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
together
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
too
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
turnips
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
verses
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
very
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
wearisome
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From this reading The facility of expression is remarkable, and we find also that perfect balance of metre, which he afterward carried so far as to be wearisome.
well
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
wise
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
wit
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From this reading The very earliest of Pope’s productions give indications of that sense and discretion, as well as wit, which afterward so eminently distinguished him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
world
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From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
written
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From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
wrote
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From this reading The sentiment is affected, and reminds one of that future period of Pope’s Correspondence with his Friends, when Swift, his heart corroding with disappointed ambition at Dublin, Bolingbroke raising delusive turnips at his farm, and Pope pretending not to feel the lampoons which imbittered his life, played together the solemn farce of affecting indifference to the world by which it would have agonized them to be forgotten, and wrote letters addressed to each other, but really intended for that posterity whose opinion they assumed to despise.
year
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From this reading His pastorals were written in his sixteenth year, and their publication immediately brought him into notice.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The following four verses from his first pastoral are quite characteristic in their antithetic balance:-- “You that, too wise for pride, too good for power, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And carrying with you all the world can boast, To all the world illustriously are lost!”
