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... given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his 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 ...
... given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his 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 ...
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... given . 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 ...
... given . 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 ...
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... given to the au- dience by printed bills , diftributed at the door ; an expedient fuppofed to be ridiculed in the Rebearfal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to inftill into the audience fome conception of his plot . In ...
... given to the au- dience by printed bills , diftributed at the door ; an expedient fuppofed to be ridiculed in the Rebearfal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to inftill into the audience fome conception of his plot . In ...
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... given Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . 3 Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ( 1668 ) , is a tragi - comedy . In the preface he dif- cuffes a curious queftion , whether a poet can b . can judge well of his own productions ...
... given Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . 3 Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ( 1668 ) , is a tragi - comedy . In the preface he dif- cuffes a curious queftion , whether a poet can b . can judge well of his own productions ...
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... given poor Dryden great dif turbance . He tries however to ease his pain , by venting his malice in a parody . " The poet has not only been fo impru- " dent to expose all this stuff , but fo arro- " gant to defend it with an epiftle ...
... given poor Dryden great dif turbance . He tries however to ease his pain , by venting his malice in a parody . " The poet has not only been fo impru- " dent to expose all this stuff , but fo arro- " gant to defend it with an epiftle ...
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