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Page 64
... letters to Of the scene of " Guarini " and the prologue Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . " Lord Roscommon , " says she , " is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a psalm ...
... letters to Of the scene of " Guarini " and the prologue Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . " Lord Roscommon , " says she , " is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a psalm ...
Page 72
... letter extant in Fenton's edi- tion . " But for me , " says he , " you had never known any thing of this business , which was prepared for another ; and therefore I cannot imagine why you should hide it so far as to con- tract your own ...
... letter extant in Fenton's edi- tion . " But for me , " says he , " you had never known any thing of this business , which was prepared for another ; and therefore I cannot imagine why you should hide it so far as to con- tract your own ...
Page 81
... letter . But this knack , whatever be its But her flit courser spared nere the more , To beare her through the desart woods unseene Of her strong foes , that chased her through the plaine , And still pursued , but still pursued in vaine ...
... letter . But this knack , whatever be its But her flit courser spared nere the more , To beare her through the desart woods unseene Of her strong foes , that chased her through the plaine , And still pursued , but still pursued in vaine ...
Page 91
... Letters and Poems , amo- rous and gallant , " was published in the volumes called Dryden's Miscellany , and some other oc- casional pieces . To his Poems and Letters is prefixed a very judicious Preface upon Epistolary Composition and ...
... Letters and Poems , amo- rous and gallant , " was published in the volumes called Dryden's Miscellany , and some other oc- casional pieces . To his Poems and Letters is prefixed a very judicious Preface upon Epistolary Composition and ...
Page 93
... letter , which is not properly a dedication ; and writing to a poet , he has interspersed many critical observations , of which some are common , and some perhaps ventured without much considera- tion . He began , even now , to exercise ...
... letter , which is not properly a dedication ; and writing to a poet , he has interspersed many critical observations , of which some are common , and some perhaps ventured without much considera- tion . He began , even now , to exercise ...
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