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... genius , left his life unwritten ; and no- thing therefore can be known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain tradition have fupplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born Auguft 9 , 1631 , at Aldwinkle near Oundle , the son of Erafmus Dryden of ...
... genius , left his life unwritten ; and no- thing therefore can be known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain tradition have fupplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born Auguft 9 , 1631 , at Aldwinkle near Oundle , the son of Erafmus Dryden of ...
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... genius , or to have much pleafed himself with his own dramas . Of the ftage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals who fometimes prevailed , or the cenfure of ...
... genius , or to have much pleafed himself with his own dramas . Of the ftage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals who fometimes prevailed , or the cenfure of ...
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... genius , by recommending his own . performance : " I am fatisfied that as the " Prince and General [ Rupert and Monk ] 66 are incomparably the best subjects I ever be " had , fo what I have written on them is " much better than what I ...
... genius , by recommending his own . performance : " I am fatisfied that as the " Prince and General [ Rupert and Monk ] 66 are incomparably the best subjects I ever be " had , fo what I have written on them is " much better than what I ...
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... , that the confternation into which the kingdom was thrown by this event , was why it was performed but fix times , and was in gener received . H. a ftrain a ftrain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which DR Y DE N. 43.
... , that the confternation into which the kingdom was thrown by this event , was why it was performed but fix times , and was in gener received . H. a ftrain a ftrain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which DR Y DE N. 43.
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Samuel Johnson. a ftrain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which it was wonderful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words could use without felf - deteftation . It is an attempt to mingle earth and heaven , by praising ...
Samuel Johnson. a ftrain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which it was wonderful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words could use without felf - deteftation . It is an attempt to mingle earth and heaven , by praising ...
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