The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey: With Historical Sketches and Descriptions of Both Churches: Forming an Entirely New and Correct Biography of All that is Interesting in the Lives and Achievements of the Most Illustrious Characters of the United Kingdoms, Volume 1J. Williams, 1839 |
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... Dryden , and made his maiden effort . in English poetry , in the form of a copy of verses , addressed to that immortal bard . Soon after , he made an attempt at criticism , and prefixed an anonymous discourse on Virgil's Georgics to ...
... Dryden , and made his maiden effort . in English poetry , in the form of a copy of verses , addressed to that immortal bard . Soon after , he made an attempt at criticism , and prefixed an anonymous discourse on Virgil's Georgics to ...
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... periors , he can only be said to have equals in prose ; and if Dryden was our first critic in point of time , Addison is our first in point of merit . THE DUKE OF ALBEMARLE , K. G. GEORGE MONK , 22 GENII OF ST . PAUL'S , & c .
... periors , he can only be said to have equals in prose ; and if Dryden was our first critic in point of time , Addison is our first in point of merit . THE DUKE OF ALBEMARLE , K. G. GEORGE MONK , 22 GENII OF ST . PAUL'S , & c .
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... Dryden now stands . He had two daughters , of whom it is only known that one of them , Frances , was supported , so late as the year 1700 , upon a pension of 1007. a year from the noble House of Ormond . John Fletcher was born in 1576 ...
... Dryden now stands . He had two daughters , of whom it is only known that one of them , Frances , was supported , so late as the year 1700 , upon a pension of 1007. a year from the noble House of Ormond . John Fletcher was born in 1576 ...
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... Dryden and Southerne , must certainly be admitted to have been highly endowed . This , therefore , may be the most proper place to give some ac- count of the productions by which the name of Aphara AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY . 103.
... Dryden and Southerne , must certainly be admitted to have been highly endowed . This , therefore , may be the most proper place to give some ac- count of the productions by which the name of Aphara AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY . 103.
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... Dryden and Southerne to the talents of Aphara Behn , has been already mentioned ; but she has received other tributes from her literary cotemporaries , which , if not as high in authority , are yet higher in amount . Of these , Charles ...
... Dryden and Southerne to the talents of Aphara Behn , has been already mentioned ; but she has received other tributes from her literary cotemporaries , which , if not as high in authority , are yet higher in amount . Of these , Charles ...
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