The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... present , when they can accompany it with as good a fentence . The play , fupported thus by the emulation of factious praife , was acted night after night for a longer time than , I believe , the publick had allowed to any drama before ...
... present , when they can accompany it with as good a fentence . The play , fupported thus by the emulation of factious praife , was acted night after night for a longer time than , I believe , the publick had allowed to any drama before ...
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... present State of the War , and the Neceffity of an Aug- mentation ; which , however judicious , being written on temporary topicks , and exhibiting no peculiar powers , has naturally funk by its own weight into neglect . This cannot be ...
... present State of the War , and the Neceffity of an Aug- mentation ; which , however judicious , being written on temporary topicks , and exhibiting no peculiar powers , has naturally funk by its own weight into neglect . This cannot be ...
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... present danger ; " instead of meditating and contriving how he " shall pass with his mistress through the " southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where the would cer- " tainly prove an impediment to him ...
... present danger ; " instead of meditating and contriving how he " shall pass with his mistress through the " southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where the would cer- " tainly prove an impediment to him ...
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... present , that Juba's guards had been Sempronius's tools , and had been dangling " after his heels . " But now let us fum up all these abfurdi- " ties together . Sempronius goes at noon - day , " in Juba's clothes , and with Juba's ...
... present , that Juba's guards had been Sempronius's tools , and had been dangling " after his heels . " But now let us fum up all these abfurdi- " ties together . Sempronius goes at noon - day , " in Juba's clothes , and with Juba's ...
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... present race repose too fecurely on the consciousness of their fuperiority to Addifon , let them con- fider his Remarks on Ovid , in which may be found specimens of criticism fufficiently subtle and refined ; let them perufe likewise ...
... present race repose too fecurely on the consciousness of their fuperiority to Addifon , let them con- fider his Remarks on Ovid , in which may be found specimens of criticism fufficiently subtle and refined ; let them perufe likewise ...
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