The Works of John Dryden Now First Collected ...W. Miller, 1808 |
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... seems to have bought every poetical tract , of whatever merit , which was hawked through the streets in his time , marking carefully the price and date of the purchase . His collection contains the ear- liest editions of many of our ...
... seems to have bought every poetical tract , of whatever merit , which was hawked through the streets in his time , marking carefully the price and date of the purchase . His collection contains the ear- liest editions of many of our ...
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... seems to have afforded the principal employment of the poets , there wanted not many who cultivated , with success , the other depart- ments of Parnassus . It is only necessary to name Spenser , whose magic tale continues to in- terest ...
... seems to have afforded the principal employment of the poets , there wanted not many who cultivated , with success , the other depart- ments of Parnassus . It is only necessary to name Spenser , whose magic tale continues to in- terest ...
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... seems likely that this fashion arose at court , a sphere in which its denizens never think they move with due lustre , until they have adopt- ed a form of expression , as well as a system of manners , different from that which is proper ...
... seems likely that this fashion arose at court , a sphere in which its denizens never think they move with due lustre , until they have adopt- ed a form of expression , as well as a system of manners , different from that which is proper ...
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... seems unlikely that he followed the profession of a schoolmaster . But Wood could hardly be mistaken in the second circumstance , some of the family having gloried in it in his hearing . + See Collins ' Baronetage , vol . ii . The ...
... seems unlikely that he followed the profession of a schoolmaster . But Wood could hardly be mistaken in the second circumstance , some of the family having gloried in it in his hearing . + See Collins ' Baronetage , vol . ii . The ...
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John Dryden. probably have contained the record of our poet's baptism . * Dryden seems to have received the rudiments of his education at Tichmarsh , and was admit- ted a king's scholar at Westminster , under the tuition of the ...
John Dryden. probably have contained the record of our poet's baptism . * Dryden seems to have received the rudiments of his education at Tichmarsh , and was admit- ted a king's scholar at Westminster , under the tuition of the ...
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