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Page 285
... received by me John Dryden . Two hundred and fifty guineas , at 1l . 1s 6d . is 2687. 155 . It is manifest from the dates of this contract , that it relates to the volume of Fables , which contains about welve thousand verses , and for ...
... received by me John Dryden . Two hundred and fifty guineas , at 1l . 1s 6d . is 2687. 155 . It is manifest from the dates of this contract , that it relates to the volume of Fables , which contains about welve thousand verses , and for ...
Page 390
... received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he intended to characterize king William , and Lewis ...
... received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he intended to characterize king William , and Lewis ...
Page 415
... received , as is confessed , with cold disapprobation , e was probably less willing to claim it . Tickell omitted in his collection ; but the testimony of Steele , and the otal silence of any other claimant , has determined the ublick ...
... received , as is confessed , with cold disapprobation , e was probably less willing to claim it . Tickell omitted in his collection ; but the testimony of Steele , and the otal silence of any other claimant , has determined the ublick ...
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