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... kind of gibblet porridge , made of the gibblets of a couple of young geefe , ftodged " full of meteors , orbs , Spheres , track , hideous " draughts , dark characters , white forms , and " radiant lights , defigned not only to please ...
... kind of gibblet porridge , made of the gibblets of a couple of young geefe , ftodged " full of meteors , orbs , Spheres , track , hideous " draughts , dark characters , white forms , and " radiant lights , defigned not only to please ...
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... flight to the extravagance of pofte- rity . All the rays of romantick heat , whe- ther amorous or warlike , glow in Alman- zor by a kind of concentration . He is above all all laws ; he is exempt from all restraints ; DRYDEN , 27.
... flight to the extravagance of pofte- rity . All the rays of romantick heat , whe- ther amorous or warlike , glow in Alman- zor by a kind of concentration . He is above all all laws ; he is exempt from all restraints ; DRYDEN , 27.
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... kind of illuftrious depravity , and majestick madness , such as , if it is some- times defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the aftonishing . In the Epilogue to the fecond part of the Conqueft of ...
... kind of illuftrious depravity , and majestick madness , such as , if it is some- times defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the aftonishing . In the Epilogue to the fecond part of the Conqueft of ...
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... 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 omitted . Dryden confeffes that its indecency ...
... 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 omitted . Dryden confeffes that its indecency ...
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... of which the price is known . To increase the value of his copies , he often accompanied his work with a preface of criticism ; a kind of learning then almost E 2 new new in the English language , and which he , DRY DE N. 5t.
... of which the price is known . To increase the value of his copies , he often accompanied his work with a preface of criticism ; a kind of learning then almost E 2 new new in the English language , and which he , DRY DE N. 5t.
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