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in disgrace: out of favor.
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Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd: i.e., as handsome as one person, as popular as another.
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art: creative talent. scope: wide range of knowledge or abilities.
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Haply: by chance. state: i.e., mental or emotional state, mood.
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sullen: dull, heavy.
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state: Here the word means both state of mind and the pomp and circumstance appropriate to kings.