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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... thought and ex- preffion , with what happy elegance and variety of harmony would fuch a writer have adorned his fubject ? Inferior authors can only look up to this fummit of Par- naffus , without even the vain hope of being able A 3 ...
... thought and ex- preffion , with what happy elegance and variety of harmony would fuch a writer have adorned his fubject ? Inferior authors can only look up to this fummit of Par- naffus , without even the vain hope of being able A 3 ...
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... thought on both fides moft eligible . pre- The editor was a good deal disappointed at not being able , with all his industry , to obtain any effential materials relating to our author's life or his works , though he applied to the fent ...
... thought on both fides moft eligible . pre- The editor was a good deal disappointed at not being able , with all his industry , to obtain any effential materials relating to our author's life or his works , though he applied to the fent ...
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... thought that Rochefter or the dutchefs hired fome ruffians , to revenge their quarrel upon the laureat , which gave rife to the following paragraph in a news - paper of those days , called Domestic Intelligence , or News from both City ...
... thought that Rochefter or the dutchefs hired fome ruffians , to revenge their quarrel upon the laureat , which gave rife to the following paragraph in a news - paper of those days , called Domestic Intelligence , or News from both City ...
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... thought rather too particular than too loofe ; the age not being fo fqueamish as to diflike it on the latter account only . Limberham was applied by the people to the Earl of Lauderdale , who was neither the youngest nor the most ...
... thought rather too particular than too loofe ; the age not being fo fqueamish as to diflike it on the latter account only . Limberham was applied by the people to the Earl of Lauderdale , who was neither the youngest nor the most ...
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... thought fo myfelf when I writ it ; but 66 being old , I diftrufted my own judgment . I hope . " it has done you fervice , and will do you more . " Besides what we have here enumerated , our author published a vast variety of other poems ...
... thought fo myfelf when I writ it ; but 66 being old , I diftrufted my own judgment . I hope . " it has done you fervice , and will do you more . " Besides what we have here enumerated , our author published a vast variety of other poems ...
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