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Page 46
... present times , nor too " diftant from them . ” All for Love , or the World well loft ( 1678 ) , a tragedy founded upon the ftory of Antony and Cleopatra , he tells us , is the only play " which he wrote for himself ; " the reft were ...
... present times , nor too " diftant from them . ” All for Love , or the World well loft ( 1678 ) , a tragedy founded upon the ftory of Antony and Cleopatra , he tells us , is the only play " which he wrote for himself ; " the reft were ...
Page 276
... present Go vernment : a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excufe . The fame year , being clerk of the closet to the king , he was made dean of the chapel royal ; and the year afterwards ...
... present Go vernment : a performance which he thought convenient , after the Revolution , to extenuate and excufe . The fame year , being clerk of the closet to the king , he was made dean of the chapel royal ; and the year afterwards ...
Page 355
... . The Whigs , fays Pope , 25vdefign a second present , when they can accom- no ) pany it with as good a fentence . a adquodi od blooth * Spence . Deulpin say A a 2 The The play , fupported thus by the emula- tion of ADDISON . 355.
... . The Whigs , fays Pope , 25vdefign a second present , when they can accom- no ) pany it with as good a fentence . a adquodi od blooth * Spence . Deulpin say A a 2 The The play , fupported thus by the emula- tion of ADDISON . 355.
Page 415
... his thoughts upon ❝ his business , and upon the present danger ; " instead of meditating and contriving how he fhall pass with his mistress through the " fouthern " fouthern 66 gate , where her brother Marcus is ADDISON . 415.
... his thoughts upon ❝ his business , and upon the present danger ; " instead of meditating and contriving how he fhall pass with his mistress through the " fouthern " fouthern 66 gate , where her brother Marcus is ADDISON . 415.
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