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... 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 Tichmerth ; who was the third fon of Sir Erafmas Dryden , Baronet ...
... 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 Tichmerth ; who was the third fon of Sir Erafmas Dryden , Baronet ...
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... was the reafon , no fel- lowship in the College . Why he was ex- * He went off to Trinity College , and was admitted to a Bachelor's Degree in 1653. H. B 2 cluded cluded cannot now be known , and it is vain DR Y DE N. 3.
... was the reafon , no fel- lowship in the College . Why he was ex- * He went off to Trinity College , and was admitted to a Bachelor's Degree in 1653. H. B 2 cluded cluded cannot now be known , and it is vain DR Y DE N. 3.
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Samuel Johnson. cluded cannot now be known , and it is vain to guefs ; had he thought himself in- jured , he knew how to complain . In the life . of Plutarch he mentions his education in the College with gratitude ; but , in a prologue ...
Samuel Johnson. cluded cannot now be known , and it is vain to guefs ; had he thought himself in- jured , he knew how to complain . In the life . of Plutarch he mentions his education in the College with gratitude ; but , in a prologue ...
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... known , because it was not printed till it was fome years afterwards altered and revived ; but fince the plays are faid to be printed in the order in which they were written , from the dates of fome , thofe of others may be inferred ...
... known , because it was not printed till it was fome years afterwards altered and revived ; but fince the plays are faid to be printed in the order in which they were written , from the dates of fome , thofe of others may be inferred ...
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... known but his Treatife on Horfemanfhip . The Preface feems very elaborately writ- ten , and contains many juft remarks on the Fathers of the English drama . Shak- fpeare's plots , he fays , are in the hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe ...
... known but his Treatife on Horfemanfhip . The Preface feems very elaborately writ- ten , and contains many juft remarks on the Fathers of the English drama . Shak- fpeare's plots , he fays , are in the hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe ...
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