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... writer considered , it is , indeed , a very wonderful per- formance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then re- commended by Mr. Dryden , Mr. Southern , and Mr ...
... writer considered , it is , indeed , a very wonderful per- formance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then re- commended by Mr. Dryden , Mr. Southern , and Mr ...
Page 25
... writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Spectator , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men with whom he might be supposed willing to associate ; and though he lived many years after the publication of his ...
... writing , as he contributed nothing to the " Spectator , " and only one paper to the " Tatler , " though published by men with whom he might be supposed willing to associate ; and though he lived many years after the publication of his ...
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... writing ; like Horace , in a lang work , he can bear some deformities , and justly lay them on the imperfection of ... write themselves , but is himself master of a good vein in poetry ; and though he does not often employ it , yet he ...
... writing ; like Horace , in a lang work , he can bear some deformities , and justly lay them on the imperfection of ... write themselves , but is himself master of a good vein in poetry ; and though he does not often employ it , yet he ...
Page 38
... writing been published in a pagan or popish nation , who are justly im- patient of all indignity offered to the established religion of their country , no doubt but the author would have received the punishment he deserved . But the ...
... writing been published in a pagan or popish nation , who are justly im- patient of all indignity offered to the established religion of their country , no doubt but the author would have received the punishment he deserved . But the ...
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... writer is not only gone off with impunity , but triumphs in his dignity and preferment . I do not know that any inquiry or search was ever made after this writing , or that any reward was ever offered for the discovery of the author ...
... writer is not only gone off with impunity , but triumphs in his dignity and preferment . I do not know that any inquiry or search was ever made after this writing , or that any reward was ever offered for the discovery of the author ...
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