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... Dryden , & c . Religio Medici .. The North - West Passage Lives of Addison , Savage , and Swift Lives of Timoleon , Paulus Æmiliu , & c ... Wisdom of the Ancients Earlier Poems .. Confessio is of an Inquiring Spirit Francis Bacon Lives ...
... Dryden , & c . Religio Medici .. The North - West Passage Lives of Addison , Savage , and Swift Lives of Timoleon , Paulus Æmiliu , & c ... Wisdom of the Ancients Earlier Poems .. Confessio is of an Inquiring Spirit Francis Bacon Lives ...
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... Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered , and of tears shed , on this occasion by Dryden , who thought it hard that " an old man should be so treated by those to whom he ...
... Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered , and of tears shed , on this occasion by Dryden , who thought it hard that " an old man should be so treated by those to whom he ...
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... Dryden , indeed , as a man dis- countenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of verses omitted to bring his tribute of tuneful sorrow . An emulation of elegy was universal . Mary's praise was not confined to the ...
... Dryden , indeed , as a man dis- countenanced and deprived , was silent ; but scarcely any other maker of verses omitted to bring his tribute of tuneful sorrow . An emulation of elegy was universal . Mary's praise was not confined to the ...
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... Dryden ; he borrows no lucky turns , or commodious modes of language , from his predecessors . His phrases are original , but they are sometimes harsh ; as he inherited no elegances , none has he bequeathed . His expression has every ...
... Dryden ; he borrows no lucky turns , or commodious modes of language , from his predecessors . His phrases are original , but they are sometimes harsh ; as he inherited no elegances , none has he bequeathed . His expression has every ...
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... Dryden , Mr. Southern , and Mr. Maynwaring . Dryden said that he never had seen such a first play ; but they found it deficient in some things necessary to the success of its exhibition , and by their greater experience fitted it for ...
... Dryden , Mr. Southern , and Mr. Maynwaring . Dryden said that he never had seen such a first play ; but they found it deficient in some things necessary to the success of its exhibition , and by their greater experience fitted it for ...
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