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By the Spectator it has once been quoted , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of ...
By the Spectator it has once been quoted , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of ...
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And when the Spaniards their assault begin , At once beat those without and these within . " This Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city , and another without the city , at once ...
And when the Spaniards their assault begin , At once beat those without and these within . " This Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city , and another without the city , at once ...
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The Fair Penitent , his next production ( 1703 ) , is one of the most pleasing tragedies on the stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and probably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once ...
The Fair Penitent , his next production ( 1703 ) , is one of the most pleasing tragedies on the stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and probably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once ...
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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 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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