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Page 134
... reputation must excite , will require a display more ample than can now be given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known be- yond what casual mention and ...
... reputation must excite , will require a display more ample than can now be given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known be- yond what casual mention and ...
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... reputation of Dryden , took Settle into his protection , and endeavoured to persuade the publick that its approbation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputation : his Empress of Morocco , having first ...
... reputation of Dryden , took Settle into his protection , and endeavoured to persuade the publick that its approbation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputation : his Empress of Morocco , having first ...
Page 288
... reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with both parties , and never disturbed the publick with his political opinions ...
... reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with both parties , and never disturbed the publick with his political opinions ...
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