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Page 24
... given , " As men in whispers fend loud noise to heaven . " Thus I have daubed him with his own " puddle and now we are come from " aboard his dancing , masking , rebounding , 66 breathing fleet ; and , as if we had landed " at Gotham ...
... given , " As men in whispers fend loud noise to heaven . " Thus I have daubed him with his own " puddle and now we are come from " aboard his dancing , masking , rebounding , 66 breathing fleet ; and , as if we had landed " at Gotham ...
Page 28
... given us in his prefaces , and in this poftfcript , fomething equivalent ; but his purpose being to exalt himself by the comparifon , he fhews ' faults diftin & tly , distinctly , and only praises excellence in ge- neral terms 28 DRY DE N.
... given us in his prefaces , and in this poftfcript , fomething equivalent ; but his purpose being to exalt himself by the comparifon , he fhews ' faults diftin & tly , distinctly , and only praises excellence in ge- neral terms 28 DRY DE N.
Page 35
... and months , nay years too , behind him " in his race . " Poor Robin , or any other of the Philo- " mathematicks , would have given him fa- tisfaction in the point . " If I could kill thee now , thy fate's D2 " If DRY D E N.驱 35.
... and months , nay years too , behind him " in his race . " Poor Robin , or any other of the Philo- " mathematicks , would have given him fa- tisfaction in the point . " If I could kill thee now , thy fate's D2 " If DRY D E N.驱 35.
Page 40
... act is a mafter - piece . " It is in- troduced by a difcourfe on " the Grounds of " Criticism in Tragedy , " to which I suspect that Rymer's book had given occafion . The The Spanish Fryar ( 1681 ) is a tragi - 40 DRYDEN .
... act is a mafter - piece . " It is in- troduced by a difcourfe on " the Grounds of " Criticism in Tragedy , " to which I suspect that Rymer's book had given occafion . The The Spanish Fryar ( 1681 ) is a tragi - 40 DRYDEN .
Page 46
... given to the people . It is by univerfal con- fent accounted the work in which he has ad- mitted the feweft improprieties of style or character ; but it has one fault equal to many , though rather moral than critical , that by ad ...
... given to the people . It is by univerfal con- fent accounted the work in which he has ad- mitted the feweft improprieties of style or character ; but it has one fault equal to many , though rather moral than critical , that by ad ...
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