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... rous on the stage , but , in the confidence of fuccefs , had publifhed his play , with fculptures and a preface of defiance . Here was one offence added to another ; and for न for the last blaft of inflammation , it was acted 14 DRYDEN .
... rous on the stage , but , in the confidence of fuccefs , had publifhed his play , with fculptures and a preface of defiance . Here was one offence added to another ; and for न for the last blaft of inflammation , it was acted 14 DRYDEN .
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Samuel Johnson. for the last blaft of inflammation , it was acted at Whitehall by the court - ladies . Dryden could not now reprefs these emo- tions , which he called indignation , and others jealoufy ; but wrote upon the play and the ...
Samuel Johnson. for the last blaft of inflammation , it was acted at Whitehall by the court - ladies . Dryden could not now reprefs these emo- tions , which he called indignation , and others jealoufy ; but wrote upon the play and the ...
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... last ob- tained ; and , that no man may ever want them more , I will extract enough to fatisfy all reasonable defire . 3 In the first Letter his obfervation is only general : " You do live , " fays he , in as " much ignorance and ...
... last ob- tained ; and , that no man may ever want them more , I will extract enough to fatisfy all reasonable defire . 3 In the first Letter his obfervation is only general : " You do live , " fays he , in as " much ignorance and ...
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... last work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to fee it exhi- bited , and it does not feem to have been ever brought upon the ftage * . In the dedication to the marquis of Halifax , there is a very ele- gant ...
... last work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to fee it exhi- bited , and it does not feem to have been ever brought upon the ftage * . In the dedication to the marquis of Halifax , there is a very ele- gant ...
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... last drama was Love Triumphant , a tragi- comedy . In his dedication to the earl of Salisbury he mentions " the lowness of for- " tune to which he has fo voluntarily re- " duced himself , and of which he has no reafon to be ashamed ...
... last drama was Love Triumphant , a tragi- comedy . In his dedication to the earl of Salisbury he mentions " the lowness of for- " tune to which he has fo voluntarily re- " duced himself , and of which he has no reafon to be ashamed ...
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