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... Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman . In this play he made his essay of dramatick rhyme , which he defends in his dedication , with sufficient cer- tainty of a favourable hearing ; for Orrery was ...
... Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman . In this play he made his essay of dramatick rhyme , which he defends in his dedication , with sufficient cer- tainty of a favourable hearing ; for Orrery was ...
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... Earl of Rochester ; whom he acknowledges not only as the defender of his poetry , but the promoter of his fortune . Langbaine places this play in 1673. The earl of Rochester therefore was DRYDEN 153.
... Earl of Rochester ; whom he acknowledges not only as the defender of his poetry , but the promoter of his fortune . Langbaine places this play in 1673. The earl of Rochester therefore was DRYDEN 153.
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... earl of Chesterfield , and the Eneid to the earl of Mulgrave . This oeconomy of flattery , at once lavish and discreet , did not pass without observation . This translation was censured by Milbourne , a clergyman , styled by Pope the ...
... earl of Chesterfield , and the Eneid to the earl of Mulgrave . This oeconomy of flattery , at once lavish and discreet , did not pass without observation . This translation was censured by Milbourne , a clergyman , styled by Pope the ...
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