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It seems reasonable to expect that a great dramatick poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite passion , should exhibit with great readiness its external modes ...
It seems reasonable to expect that a great dramatick poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite passion , should exhibit with great readiness its external modes ...
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Sure the poet writ these two lines aboard some smack in a storm , and , being sea - sick , spewed up a good lump of clotted nonsense at once . ' Here is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never ...
Sure the poet writ these two lines aboard some smack in a storm , and , being sea - sick , spewed up a good lump of clotted nonsense at once . ' Here is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never ...
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He obtained a fellowship , and commenced poet . In 1659 , his poem on the death of Oliver was published , with those of Dryden and Waller . In his dedication to Dr. Wilkins he appears a very willing and liberal encomiast , both of the ...
He obtained a fellowship , and commenced poet . In 1659 , his poem on the death of Oliver was published , with those of Dryden and Waller . In his dedication to Dr. Wilkins he appears a very willing and liberal encomiast , both of the ...
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