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Page 51
... appeared more than in his last moments : He had a conscious Satisfaction ( no doubt ) in acting right , in feeling himself honest , true , and un- pretending to more than was his own . So he dyed , as he lived , with that secret , yet ...
... appeared more than in his last moments : He had a conscious Satisfaction ( no doubt ) in acting right , in feeling himself honest , true , and un- pretending to more than was his own . So he dyed , as he lived , with that secret , yet ...
Page 54
... appeared against it in the form of criticism ; and Griffin , a player , in conjunction with Mr. Theobald , a man afterwards more remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it ; " which , says Gay , " calls ...
... appeared against it in the form of criticism ; and Griffin , a player , in conjunction with Mr. Theobald , a man afterwards more remarkable , produced a pamphlet called " The Key to the What d'ye call it ; " which , says Gay , " calls ...
Page 56
... - nature of the audience appeared stronger and stronger every act , and ended in a clamour of applause . " Its reception is thus recorded in the notes to the " Dun- ciad : " " This piece was received with greater applause than was 56 GAY .
... - nature of the audience appeared stronger and stronger every act , and ended in a clamour of applause . " Its reception is thus recorded in the notes to the " Dun- ciad : " " This piece was received with greater applause than was 56 GAY .
Page 58
... appeared likewise under his name a comedy called " The Distressed Wife , " and " The Rehearsal at Gotham , " a piece of humour . The character given him by Pope is this : that " he was a natural man , without design , who spoke what he ...
... appeared likewise under his name a comedy called " The Distressed Wife , " and " The Rehearsal at Gotham , " a piece of humour . The character given him by Pope is this : that " he was a natural man , without design , who spoke what he ...
Page 59
... appearance of Cloacina is nauseous and superfluous ; a shoe - boy could have been produced by the casual cohabita- tion of mere mortals . Horace's rule is broken in both cases ; there is no dignus vindice nodus , no difficulty that ...
... appearance of Cloacina is nauseous and superfluous ; a shoe - boy could have been produced by the casual cohabita- tion of mere mortals . Horace's rule is broken in both cases ; there is no dignus vindice nodus , no difficulty that ...
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