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 viii
... fome paffages , indeed , time has let fall a veil of obfcurity , which his utmost industry has not been able to penetrate . In his fearch he was fully convinced , that he could not be too fpeedy in rendering this fignal service to one ...
... fome paffages , indeed , time has let fall a veil of obfcurity , which his utmost industry has not been able to penetrate . In his fearch he was fully convinced , that he could not be too fpeedy in rendering this fignal service to one ...
Page xvi
... fome ftrictures upon Ben . Jonson , and then proceeds to defend poets in plagiarifm and imitation , when made to good purpose . 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 plagiarifm and imitation , when made to good purpose . His arguments on this head are candid and judicious . It was in this me- morable year , that the duke of ...
Page xviii
... fome years after , he 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 , sc not many , is that I knew they were bad enough to ...
... fome years after , he 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 , sc not many , is that I knew they were bad enough to ...
Page xx
... fome hand in adjusting the contrivance of it . The State of Innocence , or the Fall of Man , an opera , taken from Paradife Loft , was published in 1678 , but never acted . Many beautiful paffages are here tranfplanted from that ...
... fome hand in adjusting the contrivance of it . The State of Innocence , or the Fall of Man , an opera , taken from Paradife Loft , was published in 1678 , but never acted . Many beautiful paffages are here tranfplanted from that ...
Page xxi
... fome ruffians , to revenge their quarrel upon the laureat , which gave rife to the following paragraph in a news - paper of thofe days , called Domestic Intelligence , or News from both City and Country , numbered 49 , dated Tuesday ...
... fome ruffians , to revenge their quarrel upon the laureat , which gave rife to the following paragraph in a news - paper of thofe days , called Domestic Intelligence , or News from both City and Country , numbered 49 , dated Tuesday ...
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