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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... to demand . them , which , while they illuftrate the text , he has endeavoured to make as entertaining as truth , the invariable guide of his inquiry , would admit , Over fome paffages , indeed , time has let falla A 4 ADVERTISEMENT.
... to demand . them , which , while they illuftrate the text , he has endeavoured to make as entertaining as truth , the invariable guide of his inquiry , would admit , Over fome paffages , indeed , time has let falla A 4 ADVERTISEMENT.
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... fome paffages , indeed , time has let falla veil of obscurity , which his utmost industry has not been able to penetrate . In his fearch he was fully convinced , that he could not be too speedy in rendering this fignal service to one of ...
... fome paffages , indeed , time has let falla veil of obscurity , which his utmost industry has not been able to penetrate . In his fearch he was fully convinced , that he could not be too speedy in rendering this fignal service to one of ...
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... fome new materials , the judicious reader will eafily perceive : where thefe are wanting , we have endeavoured to be more clear , by being lefs diffufive , and by avoiding as much as pof- fible that variety of notes , into which they ...
... fome new materials , the judicious reader will eafily perceive : where thefe are wanting , we have endeavoured to be more clear , by being lefs diffufive , and by avoiding as much as pof- fible that variety of notes , into which they ...
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... fome dramatic pieces ; and defended by him in his effay on Dramatic Poefy , which was printed in 1668. A reply to this defence appeared before Sir Robert's Duke of Lerma , and an anfwer to it is prefixed to our author's Indian Emperor ...
... fome dramatic pieces ; and defended by him in his effay on Dramatic Poefy , which was printed in 1668. A reply to this defence appeared before Sir Robert's Duke of Lerma , and an anfwer to it is prefixed to our author's Indian Emperor ...
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... fome ftrictures upon Ben . Jonson , and then proceeds to defend poets in plagiarism and imitation , when made to good purpofe . His arguments on this head are candid and judicious . It was in this me- morable year , that the duke of ...
... fome ftrictures upon Ben . Jonson , and then proceeds to defend poets in plagiarism and imitation , when made to good purpofe . His arguments on this head are candid and judicious . It was in this me- morable year , that the duke of ...
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