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... epilogue ' , has , to my knowledge , so much of greater moment to value himself upon , that he will easily forgive me for publishing the exceptions made against gaiety at the end of serious entertain- ments in the following letter : I ...
... epilogue ' , has , to my knowledge , so much of greater moment to value himself upon , that he will easily forgive me for publishing the exceptions made against gaiety at the end of serious entertain- ments in the following letter : I ...
Page 109
... epilogue , he cannot take it amiss , if I now publish another , which I have just received from a gentle- man who does not agree with him in his sentiments upon that matter . 6 SIR , I AM amazed to find an epilogue attacked in your last ...
... epilogue , he cannot take it amiss , if I now publish another , which I have just received from a gentle- man who does not agree with him in his sentiments upon that matter . 6 SIR , I AM amazed to find an epilogue attacked in your last ...
Page 110
... epilogue : ' Hold ! are you mad ? you damn'd confounded Dog , I am to rise and speak the Epilogue . ' • This diverting manner was always practised by Mr. Dryden , who , if he was not the best writer of tragedies in his time , was ...
... epilogue : ' Hold ! are you mad ? you damn'd confounded Dog , I am to rise and speak the Epilogue . ' • This diverting manner was always practised by Mr. Dryden , who , if he was not the best writer of tragedies in his time , was ...
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