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... called the Wild Gallant . He began with no happy auguries ; for his performance was fo much . difapproved , that he was compelled to re- call it , and change it from its imperfect ftate to the form in which it now appears , and which is ...
... called the Wild Gallant . He began with no happy auguries ; for his performance was fo much . difapproved , that he was compelled to re- call it , and change it from its imperfect ftate to the form in which it now appears , and which is ...
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... called indignation , and others jealoufy ; but wrote upon the play and the dedication fuch criticism as malig- nant impatience could pour out in haste . ،، 66 Of Settle he gives this character : " He's " an animal of a moft deplored ...
... called indignation , and others jealoufy ; but wrote upon the play and the dedication fuch criticism as malig- nant impatience could pour out in haste . ،، 66 Of Settle he gives this character : " He's " an animal of a moft deplored ...
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... called Almeria ? I mean under Montezuma " the Indian Emperor . I protest and vow they are either the fame , or fo alike , that " I cannot , for my heart , diftinguish one " from the other . You are therefore a " ftrange unconfcionable ...
... called Almeria ? I mean under Montezuma " the Indian Emperor . I protest and vow they are either the fame , or fo alike , that " I cannot , for my heart , diftinguish one " from the other . You are therefore a " ftrange unconfcionable ...
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... called the London : " The goodly London in her gallant trim , " The Phenix - daughter of the vanquisht old , " Like a rich bride does to the ocean fwim , " And on her fhadow rides in floating gold . " Her flag aloft fpread ruffling in ...
... called the London : " The goodly London in her gallant trim , " The Phenix - daughter of the vanquisht old , " Like a rich bride does to the ocean fwim , " And on her fhadow rides in floating gold . " Her flag aloft fpread ruffling in ...
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... called An Effay on Satire , was fhewn about in manufcript , by which the earl of Rochefter , the dutchefs of Portsmouth , and others , were so much . provoked , that , as was fuppofed ( for the ac tors were never discovered ) , they ...
... called An Effay on Satire , was fhewn about in manufcript , by which the earl of Rochefter , the dutchefs of Portsmouth , and others , were so much . provoked , that , as was fuppofed ( for the ac tors were never discovered ) , they ...
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