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Page 51
... publick acclamations , is readily confessed . Wit and literature were on the side of the Court : and who that solicited favour or fashion would venture to praise the defender of the regicides ? All that he himself could think his due ...
... publick acclamations , is readily confessed . Wit and literature were on the side of the Court : and who that solicited favour or fashion would venture to praise the defender of the regicides ? All that he himself could think his due ...
Page 248
... publick , notwithstanding the want of morality in the original design , and the despicable scenes of vile comedy with which he has diversified his tragick action . By comparing this with his Orphan , it will appear that his images were ...
... publick , notwithstanding the want of morality in the original design , and the despicable scenes of vile comedy with which he has diversified his tragick action . By comparing this with his Orphan , it will appear that his images were ...
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... publick praise , or publick censure . It had , however , in some degree , the recommendation of novelty . Our language has few Letters , except those of states- men . Howel indeed , about a century ago , published his Letters , which ...
... publick praise , or publick censure . It had , however , in some degree , the recommendation of novelty . Our language has few Letters , except those of states- men . Howel indeed , about a century ago , published his Letters , which ...
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Introduction | 5 |
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Milton | 15 |
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