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But has the case been truly stated ? Have not lamentation and wonder been lavished on an evil that was never felt ? That in the reigns of Charles and James the Paradise Lost received no publick acclamations , is readily confessed .
But has the case been truly stated ? Have not lamentation and wonder been lavished on an evil that was never felt ? That in the reigns of Charles and James the Paradise Lost received no publick acclamations , is readily confessed .
Page 263
... that Dryden wanted the literature necessary to the perusal of Tacitus , as that , considering himself as hidden in a crowd , he had no awe of the publick ; and writing merely for money , was contented to get it by the nearest way .
... that Dryden wanted the literature necessary to the perusal of Tacitus , as that , considering himself as hidden in a crowd , he had no awe of the publick ; and writing merely for money , was contented to get it by the nearest way .
Page 403
Having yet no publick employment , he obtained in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he might be enabled to travel . He stayed a year at Blois , probably to learn the French language ; and then proceeded in his ...
Having yet no publick employment , he obtained in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he might be enabled to travel . He stayed a year at Blois , probably to learn the French language ; and then proceeded in his ...
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