The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... his plays ; and if I fhall hereafter obtain a more correct chronology , will publish it ; but I do know that my account is erroneous . B 2 not yet Dryden's Dryden's Remarks on Rymer have been fomewhere printed before . [ 3 ]
... his plays ; and if I fhall hereafter obtain a more correct chronology , will publish it ; but I do know that my account is erroneous . B 2 not yet Dryden's Dryden's Remarks on Rymer have been fomewhere printed before . [ 3 ]
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Samuel Johnson. Dryden's Remarks on Rymer have been fomewhere printed before . The former edition I have not seen . This was tranfcribed for the prefs from his own ma- nufcript . As this undertaking was occafional and unforeseen , I must ...
Samuel Johnson. Dryden's Remarks on Rymer have been fomewhere printed before . The former edition I have not seen . This was tranfcribed for the prefs from his own ma- nufcript . As this undertaking was occafional and unforeseen , I must ...
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... DRYDEN . Æneid , book XI . line 152 O Pallas , thou haft fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the word ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would purfue ; That boiling ...
... DRYDEN . Æneid , book XI . line 152 O Pallas , thou haft fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the word ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would purfue ; That boiling ...
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... Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that when they " told Cowley , how little favour had been fhewn him , " he received the news of his ill fuccefs , not with fo " much firmness as might ...
... Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " that when they " told Cowley , how little favour had been fhewn him , " he received the news of his ill fuccefs , not with fo " much firmness as might ...
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Samuel Johnson. brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously be- gun , and happily concluded , contain fome hints of criticifm ...
Samuel Johnson. brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously be- gun , and happily concluded , contain fome hints of criticifm ...
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