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... reader a particu- lar remark . Having gone through the first act , he fays , " To conclude this act with " the most rumbling piece of nonfenfe spoken 66 yet , 66 66 " To flattering lightning our feign'd smiles con- " form , " Which back ...
... reader a particu- lar remark . Having gone through the first act , he fays , " To conclude this act with " the most rumbling piece of nonfenfe spoken 66 yet , 66 66 " To flattering lightning our feign'd smiles con- " form , " Which back ...
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... reader know , that it was contrived and written in feven weeks . Want of time was often his excufe , or perhaps fhortnefs of time was his private boaft in the form of an apology . It was written before the Conqueft of Gra- nada , It 26 ...
... reader know , that it was contrived and written in feven weeks . Want of time was often his excufe , or perhaps fhortnefs of time was his private boaft in the form of an apology . It was written before the Conqueft of Gra- nada , It 26 ...
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... readers , that he muft have improved his fortune ; at least , that fuch diligence with fuch abilities must have fet penury at defiance . But in Dry- den's time the drama was very far from that univerfal approbation which it has now ob ...
... readers , that he muft have improved his fortune ; at least , that fuch diligence with fuch abilities must have fet penury at defiance . But in Dry- den's time the drama was very far from that univerfal approbation which it has now ob ...
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... readers made fuddenly too fkilful to be easily satisfied . His prologues had fuch reputation , that for fome time a play was confidered as less likely to be well received , if fome of his verfes did not introduce it . The price of a ...
... readers made fuddenly too fkilful to be easily satisfied . His prologues had fuch reputation , that for fome time a play was confidered as less likely to be well received , if fome of his verfes did not introduce it . The price of a ...
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... readers to the poem . There is no need to enquire why those verses were read , which , to all the attractions of wit , elegance , and harmony , added the co- operation of all the factious paffions , and filled every mind with triumph or ...
... readers to the poem . There is no need to enquire why those verses were read , which , to all the attractions of wit , elegance , and harmony , added the co- operation of all the factious paffions , and filled every mind with triumph or ...
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