The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected: with Notes and Illustrations; an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Grounded on Original and Authentick Documents; and a Collection of His Letters, the Greater Part of which Has Never Before Been Published, Količina 2T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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... PREFACE ΤΟ ALL FOR LOVE , OR , THE WORLD WELL LOST . S THE death of Antony and Cleopatra is a subject which has been treated by the greatest wits of our nation , after Shakspeare ; and by all so variously , that their example has given ...
... PREFACE ΤΟ ALL FOR LOVE , OR , THE WORLD WELL LOST . S THE death of Antony and Cleopatra is a subject which has been treated by the greatest wits of our nation , after Shakspeare ; and by all so variously , that their example has given ...
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... of Octavia ; for though I might use the privilege of a poet , to introduce her into Alexandria , yet I had not enough considered , that the compassion she moved to herself and children was destructive to that which 14 PREFACE TO.
... of Octavia ; for though I might use the privilege of a poet , to introduce her into Alexandria , yet I had not enough considered , that the compassion she moved to herself and children was destructive to that which 14 PREFACE TO.
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... is , that by this opinion my enemies are but suck- ing criticks , who would fain be nibbling ere their teeth are come . Yet in this nicety of manners does the excel- 6 lency of French poetry consist . Their heroes are 16 PREFACE TO.
... is , that by this opinion my enemies are but suck- ing criticks , who would fain be nibbling ere their teeth are come . Yet in this nicety of manners does the excel- 6 lency of French poetry consist . Their heroes are 16 PREFACE TO.
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... Norwich drugget . I have eat tarts with him and Madam Reeve at the MULBERRY GARDEN , when he advanced to a sword , and Chadreux wig . " GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE , XV . 99 . But , for my part , I desire to be 18 PREFACE TO.
... Norwich drugget . I have eat tarts with him and Madam Reeve at the MULBERRY GARDEN , when he advanced to a sword , and Chadreux wig . " GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE , XV . 99 . But , for my part , I desire to be 18 PREFACE TO.
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... , which they have found from their flatterers after the third bottle . If a little glittering in discourse has passed them on us for witty men , where was the necessity of unde- ceiving the world ? Would a man who has an 20 " PREFACE TO.
... , which they have found from their flatterers after the third bottle . If a little glittering in discourse has passed them on us for witty men , where was the necessity of unde- ceiving the world ? Would a man who has an 20 " PREFACE TO.
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