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... once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recol- lect much other notice from its publication till now in the whole succession of English literature . 1618 ...
... once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in Mac Flecknoe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recol- lect much other notice from its publication till now in the whole succession of English literature . 1618 ...
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... once beat those without and those within . ' " This Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city and another without the city at once is something difficult ; but this flight is pardonable to some ...
... once beat those without and those within . ' " This Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city and another without the city at once is something difficult ; but this flight is pardonable to some ...
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... once a year , on the night when King William landed . Our quarrel with Lewis has been long over ; and it now gratifies neither zeal nor malice to see him painted with aggravated features , like a Saracen upon a sign . The Fair Penitent ...
... once a year , on the night when King William landed . Our quarrel with Lewis has been long over ; and it now gratifies neither zeal nor malice to see him painted with aggravated features , like a Saracen upon a sign . The Fair Penitent ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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