The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1760 |
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Page iv
... best of kings ! Then , my lord , the just praises of our country- men under your Grace's administration , had been touched by a pen adequate to their worth . The memorable year seven- teen hundred and fifty - nine , would have shone ...
... best of kings ! Then , my lord , the just praises of our country- men under your Grace's administration , had been touched by a pen adequate to their worth . The memorable year seven- teen hundred and fifty - nine , would have shone ...
Page viii
... best ac- quainted with the tranfactions , to which moft of his pieces relate , are almost all deceased , confe- quently the materials for fuch a work are daily diminishing ; fo that fhortly these inimitable writings must have remained ...
... best ac- quainted with the tranfactions , to which moft of his pieces relate , are almost all deceased , confe- quently the materials for fuch a work are daily diminishing ; fo that fhortly these inimitable writings must have remained ...
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... best : he has ftrictly regarded the unities of time , place , and action ; and has attempt- ed , more than once , to break a lance with Shakespear ( whofe Anthony and Cleopatra is on the fame fubject ) particularly in the famous ...
... best : he has ftrictly regarded the unities of time , place , and action ; and has attempt- ed , more than once , to break a lance with Shakespear ( whofe Anthony and Cleopatra is on the fame fubject ) particularly in the famous ...
Page xxi
... best tragedies we have : the contrivance and difpofition of the scenery with the first and third acts , were entirely our author's , Lee juftly claims the reft . The preface is a critique upon Corneille , the fa- ther of the French ...
... best tragedies we have : the contrivance and difpofition of the scenery with the first and third acts , were entirely our author's , Lee juftly claims the reft . The preface is a critique upon Corneille , the fa- ther of the French ...
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... In a manufcript letter to Jacob Tonfon , now under my eye , our author fpeaks thus of his Alexander's Feaft : " I am glad to hear from all hands , that my 6.6 → * ode is esteemed the best of all my Xxviii THE LIFE OF.
... In a manufcript letter to Jacob Tonfon , now under my eye , our author fpeaks thus of his Alexander's Feaft : " I am glad to hear from all hands , that my 6.6 → * ode is esteemed the best of all my Xxviii THE LIFE OF.
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