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... writing and publishing is not always the fame ; nor can the first editions be easily found , if even from them could be ... written , from the dates of fome , thofe of others may be inferred ; and thus it may be collected , that in 1663 ...
... writing and publishing is not always the fame ; nor can the first editions be easily found , if even from them could be ... written , from the dates of fome , thofe of others may be inferred ; and thus it may be collected , that in 1663 ...
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... writing to a poet , he has interspersed many critical obfervations , of which fome are common , and fome perhaps ventured ... written in quatrains , or heroic ftan- zas of four lines ; a meafure which he had learned from the Gondibert of ...
... writing to a poet , he has interspersed many critical obfervations , of which fome are common , and fome perhaps ventured ... written in quatrains , or heroic ftan- zas of four lines ; a meafure which he had learned from the Gondibert of ...
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... writing both for the theatre , were naturally rivals . મા He was now fo much distinguished , that in 1668 he fucceeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureat . The falary of the laureat had been raifed in favour of Jonfon , by Charles ...
... writing both for the theatre , were naturally rivals . મા He was now fo much distinguished , that in 1668 he fucceeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureat . The falary of the laureat had been raifed in favour of Jonfon , by Charles ...
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... written in rhyme by Elkanah Settle ; which was fo much applauded , as to make him think his fupremacy of reputation in some danger . Settle had not only been profpe- rous on the stage , but , in the confidence of fuccefs , had publifhed ...
... written in rhyme by Elkanah Settle ; which was fo much applauded , as to make him think his fupremacy of reputation in some danger . Settle had not only been profpe- rous on the stage , but , in the confidence of fuccefs , had publifhed ...
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... writing nonfenfe for them . Fools they " will be in fpite of him . His King , his two Empreffes , his villain , and his fub - villain , 66 nay his hero , have all a certain natural " caft of the father - their folly was born " and bred ...
... writing nonfenfe for them . Fools they " will be in fpite of him . His King , his two Empreffes , his villain , and his fub - villain , 66 nay his hero , have all a certain natural " caft of the father - their folly was born " and bred ...
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