The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 21750 |
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... true , and partly erroneous . From Weftminfter School , where he was inftructed as one of the king's fcholars by Dr. Bufby , whom he long after continued . to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one one of the Westminster scholarships ...
... true , and partly erroneous . From Weftminfter School , where he was inftructed as one of the king's fcholars by Dr. Bufby , whom he long after continued . to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one one of the Westminster scholarships ...
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... true , was not " this Huffcap once the Indian Emperor ? " and at another time did he not call him- " felf Maximin ? Was not Lyndaraxa once " called Almeria ? I mean under Montezuma " the Indian Emperor . I protest and vow they are ...
... true , was not " this Huffcap once the Indian Emperor ? " and at another time did he not call him- " felf Maximin ? Was not Lyndaraxa once " called Almeria ? I mean under Montezuma " the Indian Emperor . I protest and vow they are ...
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... true ; but give me leave " to tell you , that you are no hero . " r King Arthur ( 1691 ) is another opera . It was the last work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to fee it exhi- bited , and it does not feem to ...
... true ; but give me leave " to tell you , that you are no hero . " r King Arthur ( 1691 ) is another opera . It was the last work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to fee it exhi- bited , and it does not feem to ...
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... were never discovered ) , they procured Dryden , whom they fufpected as the author , to be waylaid and beaten . This incident is mentioned by the duke of Buckinghamshire , the the true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; 58 DRY DE N.
... were never discovered ) , they procured Dryden , whom they fufpected as the author , to be waylaid and beaten . This incident is mentioned by the duke of Buckinghamshire , the the true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; 58 DRY DE N.
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Samuel Johnson. the true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; where he fays of Dryden , Though prais'd and beaten for another's rhymes , His own deserve as great applaufer fometimes . His reputation in time was such , that his name was ...
Samuel Johnson. the true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; where he fays of Dryden , Though prais'd and beaten for another's rhymes , His own deserve as great applaufer fometimes . His reputation in time was such , that his name was ...
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