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... Tyrannick Love , or the Virgin Martyr , was another tragedy in rhyme , conspicuous for many passages of strength and elegance , and many of empty noise and ridiculous tur- bulence . The rants of Maximin have been always the sport of ...
... Tyrannick Love , or the Virgin Martyr , was another tragedy in rhyme , conspicuous for many passages of strength and elegance , and many of empty noise and ridiculous tur- bulence . The rants of Maximin have been always the sport of ...
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... All for Love , Assignation , two parts of the Conquest of Granada , Sir Martin Marall , and the State of Innocence , six complete plays ; with a celerity of performance , which , though all Langbaine's charges of plagiarism should be ...
... All for Love , Assignation , two parts of the Conquest of Granada , Sir Martin Marall , and the State of Innocence , six complete plays ; with a celerity of performance , which , though all Langbaine's charges of plagiarism should be ...
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Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. frequently repeated than any lines in All for Love , or Don Sebastian . To search his plays for vigorous sallies , and sententious elegances , or to fix the dates of any little pieces which he ...
Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. frequently repeated than any lines in All for Love , or Don Sebastian . To search his plays for vigorous sallies , and sententious elegances , or to fix the dates of any little pieces which he ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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