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Page 188
... says , " tack to the larboard ” —and " veer ftarboard ; " and talks , in another work , of " virtue fpooning before the wind . " His vanity now and then betrays his ig norance : They Nature's king through Nature's opticks view'd ...
... says , " tack to the larboard ” —and " veer ftarboard ; " and talks , in another work , of " virtue fpooning before the wind . " His vanity now and then betrays his ig norance : They Nature's king through Nature's opticks view'd ...
Page 209
... ; who , if he be re- prefented too great an offender , will not " be pitied ; if altogether innocent , his punishment will be unjust . 66 " 6 VOL . II . P " Ano- 66 " Another obfcurity is , where he says So- DRY DEN . 209.
... ; who , if he be re- prefented too great an offender , will not " be pitied ; if altogether innocent , his punishment will be unjust . 66 " 6 VOL . II . P " Ano- 66 " Another obfcurity is , where he says So- DRY DEN . 209.
Page 210
Samuel Johnson. 66 " Another obfcurity is , where he says So- phocles perfected tragedy by introducing the third actor : that is , he meant three " kinds of action ; one company finging , or " another playing on the mufick ; a third ...
Samuel Johnson. 66 " Another obfcurity is , where he says So- phocles perfected tragedy by introducing the third actor : that is , he meant three " kinds of action ; one company finging , or " another playing on the mufick ; a third ...
Page 274
... say what could recommend it . To thefe he added afterwards a poem on Mr. Cowley's death . After the Restoration he took orders , and by Cowley's recommendation was made chap- lain to the duke of he fill , whom is faid to have helped in ...
... say what could recommend it . To thefe he added afterwards a poem on Mr. Cowley's death . After the Restoration he took orders , and by Cowley's recommendation was made chap- lain to the duke of he fill , whom is faid to have helped in ...
Page 316
... say on what occafion the advice was given ; and , though he owned Rowe's disappointment , doubted whether any injury was intended him , but thought it rather lord Oxford's odd way . It is likely that he lived on discontented through the ...
... say on what occafion the advice was given ; and , though he owned Rowe's disappointment , doubted whether any injury was intended him , but thought it rather lord Oxford's odd way . It is likely that he lived on discontented through the ...
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