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 ix
... fay he met with any information that gave him fatisfaction . He has with his utmost care been able only to recover two of Dryden's manufcript letters , one to Wilmot , Earl of Rochefter ; the other to Mrs. Thomas , otherwife known by ...
... fay he met with any information that gave him fatisfaction . He has with his utmost care been able only to recover two of Dryden's manufcript letters , one to Wilmot , Earl of Rochefter ; the other to Mrs. Thomas , otherwife known by ...
Page xiv
... fays , he believes he left feveral other poetical exercifes in the hands of his learned preceptor . In 1650 he was elected thence a fcholar of Trinity - college , Cambridge . His heroic ftanzas on the death of the Lord Protector ...
... fays , he believes he left feveral other poetical exercifes in the hands of his learned preceptor . In 1650 he was elected thence a fcholar of Trinity - college , Cambridge . His heroic ftanzas on the death of the Lord Protector ...
Page xviii
... fays , " I remember fome verfes of my own Almanfor cry vengeance upon me for their extravagance ; " all I can fay for those paffages , which are , I hope , < 6 not many , is that I knew they were bad enough to please even when I writ ...
... fays , " I remember fome verfes of my own Almanfor cry vengeance upon me for their extravagance ; " all I can fay for those paffages , which are , I hope , < 6 not many , is that I knew they were bad enough to please even when I writ ...
Page xix
... fays , he knows not whether to charge the miscarriage to the number of his enemies , or the defects of the performance . We have mentioned together the plays laid hold of by the author of the Rehearfal ; and , as nearly as we could ...
... fays , he knows not whether to charge the miscarriage to the number of his enemies , or the defects of the performance . We have mentioned together the plays laid hold of by the author of the Rehearfal ; and , as nearly as we could ...
Page xx
... fays our author very justly in his Apo- logy for heroic poetry and poetic licence , prefixed to this piece , " ought rather to be esteemed the effect of " Mr. Lee's love than his deliberate and fober judg . " ment . " It is preceded by ...
... fays our author very justly in his Apo- logy for heroic poetry and poetic licence , prefixed to this piece , " ought rather to be esteemed the effect of " Mr. Lee's love than his deliberate and fober judg . " ment . " It is preceded by ...
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