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Page 156
... believe , that much was imputed to him which he did not write . know not by whom the original collection was made , or by what authority its genuineness was ascertained . The first edition was published in the year of his death , with ...
... believe , that much was imputed to him which he did not write . know not by whom the original collection was made , or by what authority its genuineness was ascertained . The first edition was published in the year of his death , with ...
Page 258
... believe every word in his observations on Morocco sense . ' In the Empress of Morocco were these lines : ' I'll travel then to some remoter sphere , Till I find out new worlds , and crown you there . On which Dryden made this remark ...
... believe every word in his observations on Morocco sense . ' In the Empress of Morocco were these lines : ' I'll travel then to some remoter sphere , Till I find out new worlds , and crown you there . On which Dryden made this remark ...
Page 276
... believe that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it , capacious as it was , with other materials , came unprovided to the controversy , and wanted rather skill to discover the right ...
... believe that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it , capacious as it was , with other materials , came unprovided to the controversy , and wanted rather skill to discover the right ...
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