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Page 19
... their quarrel ends , Whom living we made foes , dead we'll make friends . " If this be not a very liberal mefs , I will " refer myself to the ftomach of any mode- C 2 ❝ rate 66 66 " rate gueft . And a rare mefs DRY D E N. 19.
... their quarrel ends , Whom living we made foes , dead we'll make friends . " If this be not a very liberal mefs , I will " refer myself to the ftomach of any mode- C 2 ❝ rate 66 66 " rate gueft . And a rare mefs DRY D E N. 19.
Page 41
... friends and enemies ; and partly by the popularity which it ob- tained at first , and partly by the real power both of the ferious and rifible part , it conti- nued long a favourite of the publick . It was Dryden's opinion , at least ...
... friends and enemies ; and partly by the popularity which it ob- tained at first , and partly by the real power both of the ferious and rifible part , it conti- nued long a favourite of the publick . It was Dryden's opinion , at least ...
Page 54
... friend of Cowley , then his Chaplain . Dryden and his friends laugh- ed at the length of time , and the number of hands , employed upon this performance ; in which , though by fome artifice of action it yet keeps poffeffion of the stage ...
... friend of Cowley , then his Chaplain . Dryden and his friends laugh- ed at the length of time , and the number of hands , employed upon this performance ; in which , though by fome artifice of action it yet keeps poffeffion of the stage ...
Page 62
... friends . The poem of Abfalom and Achitophel had two answers , now both forgotten ; one called Azaria and Hubai ; the other Abfalom fenior . Of these hoftile compofitions , Dryden ap parently imputes Abfalom fenior to Settle , by ...
... friends . The poem of Abfalom and Achitophel had two answers , now both forgotten ; one called Azaria and Hubai ; the other Abfalom fenior . Of these hoftile compofitions , Dryden ap parently imputes Abfalom fenior to Settle , by ...
Page 88
... we are told , of a na- " ture exceedingly humane and compaffion- ate , ready to forgive injuries , and capable " of a fincere reconciliation with thofe that " had had offended him . His friendship , where " he 88 DRYDEN .
... we are told , of a na- " ture exceedingly humane and compaffion- ate , ready to forgive injuries , and capable " of a fincere reconciliation with thofe that " had had offended him . His friendship , where " he 88 DRYDEN .
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