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... from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his first play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known , because it was not printed B 3 1 printed till it was fome years afterwards al- tered DRY DE N. in.
... from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his first play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known , because it was not printed B 3 1 printed till it was fome years afterwards al- tered DRY DE N. in.
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... because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marall is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the author . Lang- baine charges it , like most ...
... because it pleases , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marall is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the author . Lang- baine charges it , like most ...
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... himself , and be " fo critical in other men's writings . For- " tune is fancied ftanding on a globe , not on a sphere , as he told us in the first Act . 66 6 " Because 66 " Because Elkanah's Similies are the most unlike things 30 DRYDEN .
... himself , and be " fo critical in other men's writings . For- " tune is fancied ftanding on a globe , not on a sphere , as he told us in the first Act . 66 6 " Because 66 " Because Elkanah's Similies are the most unlike things 30 DRYDEN .
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 66 " Because Elkanah's Similies are the most unlike things to what they are compared in the world , I'll venture to start a fimile in his Annus Mirabilis : he gives this poetical ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 66 " Because Elkanah's Similies are the most unlike things to what they are compared in the world , I'll venture to start a fimile in his Annus Mirabilis : he gives this poetical ...
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... because we " will allow him all we can to help out , let " it be a phenix fea - wafp , and the rarity of " such an animal may do much towards the heightening the fancy . < 6 " It had been much more to his purpose , " if he had defigned ...
... because we " will allow him all we can to help out , let " it be a phenix fea - wafp , and the rarity of " such an animal may do much towards the heightening the fancy . < 6 " It had been much more to his purpose , " if he had defigned ...
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