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But Apollo had seen his face on the stage , And prudently did not think fit to engage The scum of a play - house , for the prop of an age . Don Carlos , from which he is represented as having received so much benefit , was played in ...
But Apollo had seen his face on the stage , And prudently did not think fit to engage The scum of a play - house , for the prop of an age . Don Carlos , from which he is represented as having received so much benefit , was played in ...
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The Tempest is an alteration of Shakespeare's play , made by Dryden in conjunction with Davenant , ' whom , says he , ' I found of so quick a fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in which he could not suddenly produce a thought ...
The Tempest is an alteration of Shakespeare's play , made by Dryden in conjunction with Davenant , ' whom , says he , ' I found of so quick a fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in which he could not suddenly produce a thought ...
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Dennis , though equally zealous , and probably by his temper more furious than Addison , for what they called liberty , and though a flatterer of the Whig ministry , could not sit quiet at a successful play ; but was eager to tell ...
Dennis , though equally zealous , and probably by his temper more furious than Addison , for what they called liberty , and though a flatterer of the Whig ministry , could not sit quiet at a successful play ; but was eager to tell ...
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