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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... prince of the drama , and on that account he has difincumbered himself of rhyme ; not that he condemns that way of writing , which he fo long ufed , but because he looks upon blank verfe to be more to his purpose . In 1679 Nat . Lee ...
... prince of the drama , and on that account he has difincumbered himself of rhyme ; not that he condemns that way of writing , which he fo long ufed , but because he looks upon blank verfe to be more to his purpose . In 1679 Nat . Lee ...
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... prince . A pamphlet was written against this tragedy by one Thomas Hunt , entituled , A Defence of the Charter and municipal Rights of the City of London , & c . which the faid Hunt fuppofes herein condemned , and the magiftrates ...
... prince . A pamphlet was written against this tragedy by one Thomas Hunt , entituled , A Defence of the Charter and municipal Rights of the City of London , & c . which the faid Hunt fuppofes herein condemned , and the magiftrates ...
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... prince in 1688 occafioned a poem on that head ; and his tranflation of the Life of St. Francis Xavier , from the French of Bouhors , came out alfo this year . He had been about this time employed in tran- flating Varilla's Hiftory of ...
... prince in 1688 occafioned a poem on that head ; and his tranflation of the Life of St. Francis Xavier , from the French of Bouhors , came out alfo this year . He had been about this time employed in tran- flating Varilla's Hiftory of ...
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... d the line , And bravely fought where fouthern stars arise ; We trac'd the far - fetch'd gold unto the mine , And that which brib'd our fathers made our prize . XXXII . Such was our prince ; yet own'd a OLIVER CROMWELL . 13.
... d the line , And bravely fought where fouthern stars arise ; We trac'd the far - fetch'd gold unto the mine , And that which brib'd our fathers made our prize . XXXII . Such was our prince ; yet own'd a OLIVER CROMWELL . 13.
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... prince ; yet own'd a soul above The highest acts it could produce to fhow : mechanic arts in public move , Thus poor Whilft the deep fecrets beyond practice go . XXXIII . Nor dy'd he when his ebbing fame went less , But when fresh ...
... prince ; yet own'd a soul above The highest acts it could produce to fhow : mechanic arts in public move , Thus poor Whilft the deep fecrets beyond practice go . XXXIII . Nor dy'd he when his ebbing fame went less , But when fresh ...
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