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 xxi
... first and third acts , were entirely our author's , Lee juftly claims the reft . The preface is a critique upon Corneille , the fa- ther of the French stage , who had previously hand- led the fame story . Two other of his plays appeared ...
... first and third acts , were entirely our author's , Lee juftly claims the reft . The preface is a critique upon Corneille , the fa- ther of the French stage , who had previously hand- led the fame story . Two other of his plays appeared ...
Page xxiii
... first scene of the fourth act , in which Guife appears as returned to Paris against the king's pofitive command , which exactly correfponded with a fimilar action of Monmouth's , afforded room for the remark , ( but we are told in the b ...
... first scene of the fourth act , in which Guife appears as returned to Paris against the king's pofitive command , which exactly correfponded with a fimilar action of Monmouth's , afforded room for the remark , ( but we are told in the b ...
Page xxiv
... first scene of the first act , the whole fourth act , and half , or rather more , of the fifth . In the year 1684 , he published Maimbourg's Hif- tory of the League , tranflated from the French , by the king's especial defire , on ...
... first scene of the first act , the whole fourth act , and half , or rather more , of the fifth . In the year 1684 , he published Maimbourg's Hif- tory of the League , tranflated from the French , by the king's especial defire , on ...
Page xxv
... first edition of which bears date 1689. His penfion was generously continued to him by the munificent Earl of Dorset , who was lord - chamberlain to King William , out of his own private purfe ; and grateful mention is made of our ...
... first edition of which bears date 1689. His penfion was generously continued to him by the munificent Earl of Dorset , who was lord - chamberlain to King William , out of his own private purfe ; and grateful mention is made of our ...
Page xxix
... first book of which was done by our author ; and other things were paffed upon the world for his which really belonged to one JohnDavies , a writer of those days , who encouraged the mistake , in which to be fure he found his advantage ...
... first book of which was done by our author ; and other things were paffed upon the world for his which really belonged to one JohnDavies , a writer of those days , who encouraged the mistake , in which to be fure he found his advantage ...
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