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... Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or , if he had wafted it , to have made him afhamed of publishing his neceffities . But though he had many enemies , who undoubtedly ...
... Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or , if he had wafted it , to have made him afhamed of publishing his neceffities . But though he had many enemies , who undoubtedly ...
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... such stuff as this " into the mouths of thofe that were to fpeak it before an audience , whom he did " not take to be all fools ; and after that to print it too , and expofe it to the exami- " nation of the world . But let us fee what ...
... such stuff as this " into the mouths of thofe that were to fpeak it before an audience , whom he did " not take to be all fools ; and after that to print it too , and expofe it to the exami- " nation of the world . But let us fee what ...
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... Such was the criticism to which the ge- nius of Dryden could be reduced , between rage and terrour ; rage with little provoca- tion , and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce ...
... Such was the criticism to which the ge- nius of Dryden could be reduced , between rage and terrour ; rage with little provoca- tion , and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce ...
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... such as , if it is some- times defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the aftonishing . In the Epilogue to the fecond part of the Conqueft of Granada , Dryden indulges his fa- vourite pleasure of ...
... such as , if it is some- times defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the aftonishing . In the Epilogue to the fecond part of the Conqueft of Granada , Dryden indulges his fa- vourite pleasure of ...
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... for some such pedantry as this : 66 " Two ifs fcarce makes one poffi biity . If justice will take all , and nothing give , Justice , methinks , is not distributive . " To " To die or kill you is the alternative , 34 DRYDEN .
... for some such pedantry as this : 66 " Two ifs fcarce makes one poffi biity . If justice will take all , and nothing give , Justice , methinks , is not distributive . " To " To die or kill you is the alternative , 34 DRYDEN .
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