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Page 26
... elegance , and many of empty noise and ri- diculous turbulence . The rants of Maxi- min have been always the fport of criti- cifm ; and were at length , if his own con- feffion may be trufted , the shame of the writer . Of this play he ...
... elegance , and many of empty noise and ri- diculous turbulence . The rants of Maxi- min have been always the fport of criti- cifm ; and were at length , if his own con- feffion may be trufted , the shame of the writer . Of this play he ...
Page 47
... elegance and fpritelinefs . Limberham , or the kind Keeper ( 1680 ) , is a comedy , which , after the third night , was prohibited as too indecent for the stage . What gave offence was in the printing , as the author fays , altered or ...
... elegance and fpritelinefs . Limberham , or the kind Keeper ( 1680 ) , is a comedy , which , after the third night , was prohibited as too indecent for the stage . What gave offence was in the printing , as the author fays , altered or ...
Page 51
... elegance and luxuriance of praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be imagined able to refift . But he feems to have made flattery too cheap . That praise is worth nothing of which the price is known . To increase the value of ...
... elegance and luxuriance of praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be imagined able to refift . But he feems to have made flattery too cheap . That praise is worth nothing of which the price is known . To increase the value of ...
Page 60
... elegance , it would be difficult to con- jeure , were not the power of prejudice every day obferved . The authority of Jon- fon , Sandys , and Holiday , had fixed the judgement of the nation ; and it was not eafily believed that a ...
... elegance , it would be difficult to con- jeure , were not the power of prejudice every day obferved . The authority of Jon- fon , Sandys , and Holiday , had fixed the judgement of the nation ; and it was not eafily believed that a ...
Page 61
... elegance , and harmony , added the co- operation of all the factious paffions , and filled every mind with triumph or refent- ment . It could not be supposed that all the pro- vocation given by Dryden would be en- dured without ...
... elegance , and harmony , added the co- operation of all the factious paffions , and filled every mind with triumph or refent- ment . It could not be supposed that all the pro- vocation given by Dryden would be en- dured without ...
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