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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... learned and accurate Dr. Birch , fecretary to the Royal Society ; and to the candour and in- genuity of the reverend Mr. Walter Harte , one of the canons of Windfor . He begs leave to obferve to the inquiring cri- tic , that he has no ...
... learned and accurate Dr. Birch , fecretary to the Royal Society ; and to the candour and in- genuity of the reverend Mr. Walter Harte , one of the canons of Windfor . He begs leave to obferve to the inquiring cri- tic , that he has no ...
Page ix
... learned authors . Some re- markable imitations he has indeed pointed out ; and for the reft , he leaves the reader to employ his own application ; which may perhaps be thought on both fides moft eligible . The editor was a good deal ...
... learned authors . Some re- markable imitations he has indeed pointed out ; and for the reft , he leaves the reader to employ his own application ; which may perhaps be thought on both fides moft eligible . The editor was a good deal ...
Page xiii
... learned writers of the Biographica Britannica , nor thofe of the General Dic- . tionary , be offended with us for thinking , that , even after their labours , fomething farther may be done . That we are furnished with fome new materials ...
... learned writers of the Biographica Britannica , nor thofe of the General Dic- . tionary , be offended with us for thinking , that , even after their labours , fomething farther may be done . That we are furnished with fome new materials ...
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... learned preceptor . In 1650 he was elected thence a fcholar of Trinity - college , Cambridge . His heroic stanzas on the death of the Lord Protector , appeared in 1658 ; and on the restoration he published a poem called Aftrea Redux ...
... learned preceptor . In 1650 he was elected thence a fcholar of Trinity - college , Cambridge . His heroic stanzas on the death of the Lord Protector , appeared in 1658 ; and on the restoration he published a poem called Aftrea Redux ...
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... learned muse , The nobleft feeds of foreign wit to choose : Feafting our fenfe fo many various ways , Say , is't thy bounty , or thy thirst of praise ? That by comparing others , all might fee , Who most excel , are yet excell'd by thee ...
... learned muse , The nobleft feeds of foreign wit to choose : Feafting our fenfe fo many various ways , Say , is't thy bounty , or thy thirst of praise ? That by comparing others , all might fee , Who most excel , are yet excell'd by thee ...
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