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Page 23
... once in the blaze of ad- miration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their ...
... once in the blaze of ad- miration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their ...
Page 24
... once most of the living writers , from Dryden to D'Urfey . His onset was violent ; those passages , which , while they stood single had passed with little notice , when they were accumulated and exposed together , excited horror ; the ...
... once most of the living writers , from Dryden to D'Urfey . His onset was violent ; those passages , which , while they stood single had passed with little notice , when they were accumulated and exposed together , excited horror ; the ...
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... once more brought into the house of Dagon , to make sport for the Philistines ! " Congreve's last play was " The Way of the World ; " which , though as he hints in his dedication it was written with great labour and much thought , was ...
... once more brought into the house of Dagon , to make sport for the Philistines ! " Congreve's last play was " The Way of the World ; " which , though as he hints in his dedication it was written with great labour and much thought , was ...
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... once a schoolmaster , is the only reproach which all the perspicacity of malice , animated by wit , has ever fixed upon his private life . When he first engaged in the study of physic , he inquired , as he says , of Dr. Sydenham , what ...
... once a schoolmaster , is the only reproach which all the perspicacity of malice , animated by wit , has ever fixed upon his private life . When he first engaged in the study of physic , he inquired , as he says , of Dr. Sydenham , what ...
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... once generous and unjust , impious lovers of their country and flagitious heroes , good - natured sharpers , immoral men of honour , and libertines who will sooner die than change their religion ; and though it is true that re- pugnant ...
... once generous and unjust , impious lovers of their country and flagitious heroes , good - natured sharpers , immoral men of honour , and libertines who will sooner die than change their religion ; and though it is true that re- pugnant ...
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