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Page 8
... of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge 8 COWLEY .
... of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play it is difficult now to find the reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge 8 COWLEY .
Page 9
... play ; Every one gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say : Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed ...
... play ; Every one gave him so good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could say : Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed ...
Page 59
... plays , " writhing and unboning their clergy limbs to all the antic and dishonest gestures of Trin- calos , buffoons , and bawds , prostituting the shame of that ministry which they had , or were near having , to the eyes of the ...
... plays , " writhing and unboning their clergy limbs to all the antic and dishonest gestures of Trin- calos , buffoons , and bawds , prostituting the shame of that ministry which they had , or were near having , to the eyes of the ...
Page 101
... play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of super- stitious ignorance . The pensive man ... played by aƫrial performers . Both Mirth and Melancholy are solitary , silent inhabitants of the breast , that neither ...
... play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of super- stitious ignorance . The pensive man ... played by aƫrial performers . Both Mirth and Melancholy are solitary , silent inhabitants of the breast , that neither ...
Page 115
... desire of imitating Ariosto's levity has disgraced his work with the " Paradise of Fools ; " a fiction not in itself ill - imagined , but too ludicrous for its place . His play on words , in which he delights too 8 * MILTON . 115.
... desire of imitating Ariosto's levity has disgraced his work with the " Paradise of Fools ; " a fiction not in itself ill - imagined , but too ludicrous for its place . His play on words , in which he delights too 8 * MILTON . 115.
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