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... performance was the best . He had not , however , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and ob- tained such notice , that ( in 1691 ) he was sent to the Congress at the Hague as secretary to the embassy . In this assembly of ...
... performance was the best . He had not , however , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and ob- tained such notice , that ( in 1691 ) he was sent to the Congress at the Hague as secretary to the embassy . In this assembly of ...
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... performance was a novel , called " In- cognita , or Love and Duty reconciled : " it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious . I would rather ...
... performance was a novel , called " In- cognita , or Love and Duty reconciled : " it is praised by the biographers , who quote some part of the preface , that is , indeed , for such a time of life , uncommonly judicious . I would rather ...
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... performance Dryden , who pursued him with great malignity , lived long enough to ridicule in a prologue . The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed ad- versary . He ...
... performance Dryden , who pursued him with great malignity , lived long enough to ridicule in a prologue . The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed ad- versary . He ...
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... performances will do it injury . The praise given it by Addison ( Spec . 339. ) is too well known to be transcribed : but some notice is due to the testimony of Dennis , who calls it a " philosophical poem , which has equalled that of ...
... performances will do it injury . The praise given it by Addison ( Spec . 339. ) is too well known to be transcribed : but some notice is due to the testimony of Dennis , who calls it a " philosophical poem , which has equalled that of ...
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... performances , or had ever elevated his view to that ideal perfection which every genius born to excel is cademned always to pursue , and never over- take . In the first uggestions of his imagination he acquiesced ; he thought ther good ...
... performances , or had ever elevated his view to that ideal perfection which every genius born to excel is cademned always to pursue , and never over- take . In the first uggestions of his imagination he acquiesced ; he thought ther good ...
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