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... Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His ... John Pomfret , prefixed to his Remains ; who as- serts , that the Prospect ... Dryden , " which ROSCOMMON . 189.
... Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His ... John Pomfret , prefixed to his Remains ; who as- serts , that the Prospect ... Dryden , " which ROSCOMMON . 189.
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Samuel Johnson. the passions , to which Dryden in his latter years left an illustrious testimony . He appears by some of ... John Hampden , of Hampden in the same county , and sister to Hampden , the zealot of rebellion . His father died ...
Samuel Johnson. the passions , to which Dryden in his latter years left an illustrious testimony . He appears by some of ... John Hampden , of Hampden in the same county , and sister to Hampden , the zealot of rebellion . His father died ...
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... Dryden , he has given very few examples . The critical de- cision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and ... John Davies , entitled , " Nosce teipsum . This Oracle expounded in two Elegies : I. Of Hu mane Knowledge ; II . Of ...
... Dryden , he has given very few examples . The critical de- cision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and ... John Davies , entitled , " Nosce teipsum . This Oracle expounded in two Elegies : I. Of Hu mane Knowledge ; II . Of ...
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Samuel Johnson. der that his works were praised . Dryden , whom , if Prior tells truth , he distinguished by his benefi ... John Stepney , the first baronet of that family . See Granger's History , vol . ii . p . 396 , edit . 8vo . 1775 ...
Samuel Johnson. der that his works were praised . Dryden , whom , if Prior tells truth , he distinguished by his benefi ... John Stepney , the first baronet of that family . See Granger's History , vol . ii . p . 396 , edit . 8vo . 1775 ...
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Samuel Johnson. made by Dryden , it is reasonable to believe that he would have admitted a more pleasing modula . tion ... John , in return for a present of wine and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant ...
Samuel Johnson. made by Dryden , it is reasonable to believe that he would have admitted a more pleasing modula . tion ... John , in return for a present of wine and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant ...
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