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Page 3
At the beginning of the civil war , as the Prince passed through Cambridge in his
way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the “ Guardian , ” a
comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor - acted , but roughdrawn by
him ...
At the beginning of the civil war , as the Prince passed through Cambridge in his
way to York , he was entertained with a representation of the “ Guardian , ” a
comedy , which Cowley says was neither written nor - acted , but roughdrawn by
him ...
Page 52
From Rome he passed on to Naples , in company of a herinit ; a companion from
wliom little could be expected , yet to bim Milton owed his introduction to Manso
marquis of Villa , who had before been the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough
...
From Rome he passed on to Naples , in company of a herinit ; a companion from
wliom little could be expected , yet to bim Milton owed his introduction to Manso
marquis of Villa , who had before been the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough
...
Page 207
The exigences in which Dryden was condemned to pass his life , are reasonably
supposed to have blasted his genius , to ... Virgil is related to have poured out a
gieat number of lines in the morning , and to have passed the day in reducing ...
The exigences in which Dryden was condemned to pass his life , are reasonably
supposed to have blasted his genius , to ... Virgil is related to have poured out a
gieat number of lines in the morning , and to have passed the day in reducing ...
Page 282
After the duke ' s drath , ali avenues were stopped to his vs preferment ; and
during the rest of that reig : ? , he passed his time with the " Muses and his books
, and sometimes the conversation of his friends . · " When he had just got to be
easy ...
After the duke ' s drath , ali avenues were stopped to his vs preferment ; and
during the rest of that reig : ? , he passed his time with the " Muses and his books
, and sometimes the conversation of his friends . · " When he had just got to be
easy ...
Page 353
... when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had
passed his twentya fifth years before other men , even such as are some time to
shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope
...
... when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had
passed his twentya fifth years before other men , even such as are some time to
shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope
...
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