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... OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECT E D. IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . II . 1 LONDON : Printed for J. Rivington & Sons , L. Davis , B. White & Soni , T. Longman , B. Law , J. Dodfley , H. Baldwin , J ...
... OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECT E D. IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . II . 1 LONDON : Printed for J. Rivington & Sons , L. Davis , B. White & Soni , T. Longman , B. Law , J. Dodfley , H. Baldwin , J ...
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... observed . The Tempest ( 1670 ) is an alteration of Shakspeare's play , made by Dryden in con- junction with Davenant , " whom , " fays he , " I found of fo quick a fancy , that nothing " was propofed to him in which he could . " not ...
... observed . The Tempest ( 1670 ) is an alteration of Shakspeare's play , made by Dryden in con- junction with Davenant , " whom , " fays he , " I found of fo quick a fancy , that nothing " was propofed to him in which he could . " not ...
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... observed , that , as Dryden's genius was commonly excited by fome perfonal regard , he rarely writes upon a general to- pick . Soon after the acceffion of king James , when the defign of reconciling the nation to the church of Rome ...
... observed , that , as Dryden's genius was commonly excited by fome perfonal regard , he rarely writes upon a general to- pick . Soon after the acceffion of king James , when the defign of reconciling the nation to the church of Rome ...
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... observed by Tickell , that he em- ployed wit on the fide of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper ufe of wit him- felf , but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally fubfervient to the cause of reafon ...
... observed by Tickell , that he em- ployed wit on the fide of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper ufe of wit him- felf , but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally fubfervient to the cause of reafon ...
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