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" Davenant. It being forbidden him in the rebellious times to act tragedies and comedies, because they contained some matter of scandal to those good people who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign than endure a wanton jest, he was forced... "
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift - Page 77
by Robert Shiells - 1753
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A new and general biographical dictionary, Volume 4

New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 466 pages
...things, which therefore being forbidden in thofe religious times, he was forced, as Dryden fays, " to turn his thoughts another way, and to *' introduce the examples of rnoral virtue written in verie. « and " and performed in recitative mufic. The original of this "...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... Account of the ...

Biography - 1795 - 420 pages
...things, which therefore being forbidden in thofc religious times, he was forced, as Dryden Iays, " to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce...virtue written in verfe, and performed in recitative irmfrc. The original of this mufic, and of the fcenes which adorned his works, he had from the Italian...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... Account of the ...

Biography - 1795 - 420 pages
...things, which therefore being forbidden hi thofe religious times, he was forced, as Dryden lays, " to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue written in verle, and performed in recitative mufic. The origmal of this mufic, and of the fcenes which adorned...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

Biography - 1798 - 604 pages
...things ; which therefore being forbidden in thole religious times, he was forced, as Dryden fays, " to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce...the fce.nes which adorned his works, he had from the italinn operas ; btit he heightened his characters, as he imagines, from Corneille and fome french...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Part 2

John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...people, who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign, than endure a wanton jest, he was forced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, writ in verse, and performed in recitative musick.4 The original of this musick, and of the scenes5...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Issue 2

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 591 pages
...people, who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign, than endure a wanton jest, he was fprced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, writ in verse, and performed in recitative musick.4 The original of this musick, and of the scenes5...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 474 pages
...people, who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign, than endure a wanton jest, he was forced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, writ in verse, and performed in recitative music. The original of this music, and of the scenes which...
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The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volume 5

Sir Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 698 pages
...people, who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign than endure a wanton jest, he was forced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, writ in verse and performed in recitative music." These pieces were termed by their author, " Entertainments...
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The modern British drama, Volume 5

British drama - 1811 - 710 pages
...people, who could more easily dispossess their lawful sovereign than endure a wanton jest, he was forced to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, writ in verse and performed in recitative music." These pieces were termed by their author, " Entertainments...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 12, Part 3

John Britton - Architecture - 1815 - 862 pages
...unholy things ; on which, as Drydeti says, Sir William Davenant, a poet of no mean rank, was forced " to turn his thoughts another way, and to introduce the examples of moral virtue, written in verse, and performed in recitative music. The original of this music, and of the scenes which adorned...
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