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Page 261
applied to the bruise ; how this affected Dryden , does not appear . ... Bayes probably imitated the dress , and mimicked the manner , of Dryden ; the cant words which are so often in his mouth may be supposed to have been Dryden's ...
applied to the bruise ; how this affected Dryden , does not appear . ... Bayes probably imitated the dress , and mimicked the manner , of Dryden ; the cant words which are so often in his mouth may be supposed to have been Dryden's ...
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Such a charge can hardly be mentioned without some degree of indignation ; but it is not , I suppose , so much to be inferred that Dryden wanted the literature necessary to the perusal of Tacitus , as that , considering himself as ...
Such a charge can hardly be mentioned without some degree of indignation ; but it is not , I suppose , so much to be inferred that Dryden wanted the literature necessary to the perusal of Tacitus , as that , considering himself as ...
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The lord Halifax likewise sent to the lady Elizabeth and Mr. Charles Dryden her son , that , if they would give him leave to bury Mr. Dryden , he would inter him with a gentleman's private funeral , and afterwards bestow five hundred ...
The lord Halifax likewise sent to the lady Elizabeth and Mr. Charles Dryden her son , that , if they would give him leave to bury Mr. Dryden , he would inter him with a gentleman's private funeral , and afterwards bestow five hundred ...
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