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 iii
... these Miscellanies of one of our greatest English poets , now firft collected and illustrated with Notes ; perhaps the acknowledged eminence of the author may apologise for the inconfiderablenefs of the editor . To whom can these poems ...
... these Miscellanies of one of our greatest English poets , now firft collected and illustrated with Notes ; perhaps the acknowledged eminence of the author may apologise for the inconfiderablenefs of the editor . To whom can these poems ...
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... these are the events of one year , un- der a ministry in which your Grace acts fo illuftrious a part . Had we then a Dryden among us , to what heights must the subject have raised such a writer ? With what fublimity of thought and ex ...
... these are the events of one year , un- der a ministry in which your Grace acts fo illuftrious a part . Had we then a Dryden among us , to what heights must the subject have raised such a writer ? With what fublimity of thought and ex ...
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... these kingdoms ; as the people best ac- quainted with the transactions , to which most of his pieces relate , are almost all deceased , confe- quently the materials for fuch a work are daily diminishing ; so that shortly these ...
... these kingdoms ; as the people best ac- quainted with the transactions , to which most of his pieces relate , are almost all deceased , confe- quently the materials for fuch a work are daily diminishing ; so that shortly these ...
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... these four volumes . It has been faid that many of his letters are in the hands of one of the Saville family ; if the report be true , it is to be hoped that the poffeffor will be public - fpirited enough to com- municate fuch a ...
... these four volumes . It has been faid that many of his letters are in the hands of one of the Saville family ; if the report be true , it is to be hoped that the poffeffor will be public - fpirited enough to com- municate fuch a ...
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... these are wanting , we have endeavoured to be more clear , by being less diffusive , and by avoiding as much as pof- fible that variety of notes , into which they feem by their plan to have been neceffarily led . The Drydens are a ...
... these are wanting , we have endeavoured to be more clear , by being less diffusive , and by avoiding as much as pof- fible that variety of notes , into which they feem by their plan to have been neceffarily led . The Drydens are a ...
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