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... prefaces and dedica- tions are , of course , prefixed to the pieces to which they belong ; but those who mean to study ... Preface to the Mock Astrologer , the Essay on Heroic Plays , the Defence of the Epilogue to the Second Part of the ...
... prefaces and dedica- tions are , of course , prefixed to the pieces to which they belong ; but those who mean to study ... Preface to the Mock Astrologer , the Essay on Heroic Plays , the Defence of the Epilogue to the Second Part of the ...
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... prefaces , and other occasional pieces . But having , as Mr Malone has observed , a patrimony , though a small one , of his own , itˆ seems impossible that our author was ever in that * From Driden to Dryden . + Shadwell makes Dryden ...
... prefaces , and other occasional pieces . But having , as Mr Malone has observed , a patrimony , though a small one , of his own , itˆ seems impossible that our author was ever in that * From Driden to Dryden . + Shadwell makes Dryden ...
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... preface , he has vindicated the choice of his stanza , by a reference to the opinion of Davenant , † which he sanctions by af- firming , that he had always , himself , thought qua- trains , or stanzas of verse in alternate rhyme , more ...
... preface , he has vindicated the choice of his stanza , by a reference to the opinion of Davenant , † which he sanctions by af- firming , that he had always , himself , thought qua- trains , or stanzas of verse in alternate rhyme , more ...
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... " Indian Emperor " had the most ample success ; and from the time of its representation , till the Preface to " King Arthur , " Vol . VIII . p . 120 , day of his death , our author , though often LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN .、 85.
... " Indian Emperor " had the most ample success ; and from the time of its representation , till the Preface to " King Arthur , " Vol . VIII . p . 120 , day of his death , our author , though often LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN .、 85.
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... preface to one of his plays , called the " Duke of Lerma , " published in the middle of the year 1668. It is difficult for two friends to preserve their temper in a dispute of this nature ; and there may be reason to believe , that some ...
... preface to one of his plays , called the " Duke of Lerma , " published in the middle of the year 1668. It is difficult for two friends to preserve their temper in a dispute of this nature ; and there may be reason to believe , that some ...
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