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... quoted 3 , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe 5 , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now in the whole succession of English literature . 6 Of this ...
... quoted 3 , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe 5 , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now in the whole succession of English literature . 6 Of this ...
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... quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every eye watched for the golden shower which was to fall upon the author , who certainly was not without his part in the general expectation . In 1664 ...
... quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every eye watched for the golden shower which was to fall upon the author , who certainly was not without his part in the general expectation . In 1664 ...
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... quoted as exhibiting sallies of gaiety than cogency of argument 3 . He was of such consideration that his remarks were circulated 75 and recorded . When the duke of York's influence was high both in Scotland and England , it drew , says ...
... quoted as exhibiting sallies of gaiety than cogency of argument 3 . He was of such consideration that his remarks were circulated 75 and recorded . When the duke of York's influence was high both in Scotland and England , it drew , says ...
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