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Tyrannick Love, or the Virgin Martyr, was another tragedy in rhyme, conspicuous
for many passages of strength and elegance, and many of empty noise and
ridiculous turbulence. The rants of Maximin have been always the sport of
criticism; ...
Tyrannick Love, or the Virgin Martyr, was another tragedy in rhyme, conspicuous
for many passages of strength and elegance, and many of empty noise and
ridiculous turbulence. The rants of Maximin have been always the sport of
criticism; ...
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It is certain that in one year, 1678, he published All for Love, Assignation, two
parts of the Conquest of Granada, Sir Martin Marall, and the State of Innocence,
six complete plays; with a celerity of performance, which, though all Langbaine's
...
It is certain that in one year, 1678, he published All for Love, Assignation, two
parts of the Conquest of Granada, Sir Martin Marall, and the State of Innocence,
six complete plays; with a celerity of performance, which, though all Langbaine's
...
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frequently repeated than any lines in All for Love, or Don Sebastian. To search
his plays for vigorous sallies, and sententious elegances, or to fix the dates of any
little pieces which he wrote by chance, or by solicitation, were labour too tedious
...
frequently repeated than any lines in All for Love, or Don Sebastian. To search
his plays for vigorous sallies, and sententious elegances, or to fix the dates of any
little pieces which he wrote by chance, or by solicitation, were labour too tedious
...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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