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... poetical diftinction , or to have lavished his early wit either on fictiti- ous fubjects or public occafions . He pro- bably confidered , that he who propofed to be an author , ought firft to be a ftudent . He obtained , whatever was ...
... poetical diftinction , or to have lavished his early wit either on fictiti- ous fubjects or public occafions . He pro- bably confidered , that he who propofed to be an author , ought firft to be a ftudent . He obtained , whatever was ...
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... peculi- arity , intrinfick or concomitant ; for the compofition and fate of eight - and - twenty dramas include too much of a poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he published the Rival Ladies , which he B 3 In DRY DE N. 7.
... peculi- arity , intrinfick or concomitant ; for the compofition and fate of eight - and - twenty dramas include too much of a poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he published the Rival Ladies , which he B 3 In DRY DE N. 7.
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... poetical " description of the fhip called the London : " The goodly London in her gallant trim , " The Phenix - daughter of the vanquisht old , " Like a rich bride does to the ocean fwim , " And on her fhadow rides in floating gold ...
... poetical " description of the fhip called the London : " The goodly London in her gallant trim , " The Phenix - daughter of the vanquisht old , " Like a rich bride does to the ocean fwim , " And on her fhadow rides in floating gold ...
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... : his Empress of Morocco , having firft delighted the town , was carried in tri- umph to Whitehall , and played by the la- dies of the court . Now was the poetical 4 meteor meteor at the higheft ; the next moment began its 56 DRY DE N.
... : his Empress of Morocco , having firft delighted the town , was carried in tri- umph to Whitehall , and played by the la- dies of the court . Now was the poetical 4 meteor meteor at the higheft ; the next moment began its 56 DRY DE N.
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... poetical or literary performance , and therefore he was engaged to contribute fome- thing , whatever it might be , to many publi- cations . He prefixed the Life of Polybius to the tranflation of Sir Henry Sheers ; and thofe of Lucian ...
... poetical or literary performance , and therefore he was engaged to contribute fome- thing , whatever it might be , to many publi- cations . He prefixed the Life of Polybius to the tranflation of Sir Henry Sheers ; and thofe of Lucian ...
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