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Page 12
... told by Prior , that the principal character is meant to re- prefent the duke of Dorfet . This work feems to have given Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . 3 Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ( 1668 ) , is a tragi - comedy ...
... told by Prior , that the principal character is meant to re- prefent the duke of Dorfet . This work feems to have given Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . 3 Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ( 1668 ) , is a tragi - comedy ...
Page 36
... told him 66 piling his men upon his back might do " the feat , he would fcarcely bear fuch a weight , for the pleasure of the exploit ; " but it is a huff , and let Abdalla do it if " he dare . 66 " The people like a headlong torrent go ...
... told him 66 piling his men upon his back might do " the feat , he would fcarcely bear fuch a weight , for the pleasure of the exploit ; " but it is a huff , and let Abdalla do it if " he dare . 66 " The people like a headlong torrent go ...
Page 46
... told it more plainly in his pre- face to Juvenal . " The defign , " fays he , 62 you know is great , the ftory English , and " neither too near the present times , nor too " diftant from them . ” All for Love , or the World well loft ...
... told it more plainly in his pre- face to Juvenal . " The defign , " fays he , 62 you know is great , the ftory English , and " neither too near the present times , nor too " diftant from them . ” All for Love , or the World well loft ...
Page 49
... told in the * This is a mistake . It was fet to mufick by Purcell , and well received , and is yet a favourite entertainment . H. VOL . II . E theatre ; theatre ; upon which the company departed , and Arthur DRY DE N. 49.
... told in the * This is a mistake . It was fet to mufick by Purcell , and well received , and is yet a favourite entertainment . H. VOL . II . E theatre ; theatre ; upon which the company departed , and Arthur DRY DE N. 49.
Page 61
... told me , he had not known it equalled but by Sacheverell's trial . The reafon of this general perufal Addison has attempted to derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation of fecrets ; and thinks that curiofity to ...
... told me , he had not known it equalled but by Sacheverell's trial . The reafon of this general perufal Addison has attempted to derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation of fecrets ; and thinks that curiofity to ...
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