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... please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity of verfification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very readily adopted his master's preference . He therefore made rhyming tragedies , till , by the ...
... please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity of verfification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very readily adopted his master's preference . He therefore made rhyming tragedies , till , by the ...
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... please . Sir Martin Marr - all ( 1668 ) is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at firft without the name of the author . Langbaine charges it , like most of the reft , with plagiarism ; and obferves , that the fong ...
... please . Sir Martin Marr - all ( 1668 ) is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at firft without the name of the author . Langbaine charges it , like most of the reft , with plagiarism ; and obferves , that the fong ...
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... please " appetite , and indulge luxury ; but it is " also phyfical , being an approved medicine " to purge choler : for it is propounded by " Morena , as a receipt to cure their fathers " of their choleric humours : and , were it ...
... please " appetite , and indulge luxury ; but it is " also phyfical , being an approved medicine " to purge choler : for it is propounded by " Morena , as a receipt to cure their fathers " of their choleric humours : and , were it ...
Page 94
... please superiors is not the loweft kind of merit . The merit of pleasing must , however , be eftimated by the means . Favour is not al- ways gained by good actions or laudable qua- lities . Careffes and preferments are often bestowed on ...
... please superiors is not the loweft kind of merit . The merit of pleasing must , however , be eftimated by the means . Favour is not al- ways gained by good actions or laudable qua- lities . Careffes and preferments are often bestowed on ...
Page 132
... , though Gondibert never ap- pears to have been popular ; and from Dave- nant he learned to please his ear with the stanza of four lines alternately rhymed . Dryden Dryden very early formed his verfification : there are in 132 DRY DE N.
... , though Gondibert never ap- pears to have been popular ; and from Dave- nant he learned to please his ear with the stanza of four lines alternately rhymed . Dryden Dryden very early formed his verfification : there are in 132 DRY DE N.
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