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Page 36
... Crites , Lisideius and Neander to be in company together , three of them persons whom their wit and quality have made known to all the town and whom I have chose to hide un- der these borrowed names , that they may not suffer by so ill ...
... Crites , Lisideius and Neander to be in company together , three of them persons whom their wit and quality have made known to all the town and whom I have chose to hide un- der these borrowed names , that they may not suffer by so ill ...
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... Crites to what part of poesy he would confine his arguments , and whether he would defend the general cause of the ancients against the moderns , or oppose any age of the moderns against this of ours . " Crites , 12 a little while ...
... Crites to what part of poesy he would confine his arguments , and whether he would defend the general cause of the ancients against the moderns , or oppose any age of the moderns against this of ours . " Crites , 12 a little while ...
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... Crites , I must crave leave to tell him that some of his arguments against rhyme reach no farther than from the faults or defects of ill rhyme to conclude against the use of it in general . May not I conclude against blank verse by the ...
... Crites , I must crave leave to tell him that some of his arguments against rhyme reach no farther than from the faults or defects of ill rhyme to conclude against the use of it in general . May not I conclude against blank verse by the ...
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HEROIC STANZAS Consecrated to the Glorious | 3 |
ASTRAEA REDUX A Poem on the Happy | 11 |
TO MY HONOURD FRIEND DR CHARLE | 22 |
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Absalom and Achitophel Aeneid ancient Anglican Anne Killigrew Annus Mirabilis Aristotle beauty Ben Jonson betwixt blank verse blessing breast call'd Catholic Charles Charles II Chaucer Church comedy cou'd Crites death design'd divine Dramatic Poesy Dryden Duchess of Ormond English Essay ev'n ev'ry eyes fable faith fame fate father fear foes forc'd French give grace hast Heav'n Hind honour Horace James Jebusites John John Dryden Jonson judge kind king laws Lisideius live Lord MacFlecknoe mighty mind Muse nature never o'er Ovid Panther passion peace persons play plot poem poet poetic poetry Popish Plot pow'r praise prince prose reason reign rest rhyme Roman royal sacred satire scene sense shou'd Song soul story thee Thomas Shadwell thou thought throne tion tragedy translation tri'd true twas verse Virgil virtue words wou'd writ write