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At twenty - five he produced The Ambitious Stepmother , which was received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name ...
At twenty - five he produced The Ambitious Stepmother , which was received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name ...
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Parker , as soon as he received the seals , appointed him , unasked , secretary of the presentations . Such an accumulation of employments undoubtedly produced a very considerable revenue . Having already translated some parts of ...
Parker , as soon as he received the seals , appointed him , unasked , secretary of the presentations . Such an accumulation of employments undoubtedly produced a very considerable revenue . Having already translated some parts of ...
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That it should have been ill received would raise wonder , did we not daily see the capricious distribution of theatrical praise . He was not all this time an indifferent spectator of publick affairs . He wrote , as different exigences ...
That it should have been ill received would raise wonder , did we not daily see the capricious distribution of theatrical praise . He was not all this time an indifferent spectator of publick affairs . He wrote , as different exigences ...
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