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... those that are diftinguished by any 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 ...
... those that are diftinguished by any 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 ...
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... those of all other poets . The practice of making tragedies in rhyme was introduced foon after the Restoration , as it feems by the Earl of Orrery , in compli- ance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by ...
... those of all other poets . The practice of making tragedies in rhyme was introduced foon after the Restoration , as it feems by the Earl of Orrery , in compli- ance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by ...
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... those parts where fancy predominates , self- love may easily deceive . He might have ob- ferved , that what is good only because it pleafes , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marr - all ( 1668 ) is ...
... those parts where fancy predominates , self- love may easily deceive . He might have ob- ferved , that what is good only because it pleafes , cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please . Sir Martin Marr - all ( 1668 ) is ...
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... those ornaments feem to have given poor Dryden great dif turbance . He tries however to ease his pain , by venting his malice in a parody . " The poet has not only been fo impru- " dent to expose all this stuff , but fo arro- " gant to ...
... those ornaments feem to have given poor Dryden great dif turbance . He tries however to ease his pain , by venting his malice in a parody . " The poet has not only been fo impru- " dent to expose all this stuff , but fo arro- " gant to ...
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... those that accused him of plagiarifm he alleges a favourable expreffion of the king : " He " only defired that they , who accufe me of " thefts , would steal him plays like mine ; " and then relates how much labour he spends in fitting ...
... those that accused him of plagiarifm he alleges a favourable expreffion of the king : " He " only defired that they , who accufe me of " thefts , would steal him plays like mine ; " and then relates how much labour he spends in fitting ...
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