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... Dryden's pre- " faces , dedications , and his effay on drama- " tick poetry , not to mention the French cri- " ticks ; I fhould be very glad to have the " benefit of the difcovery . " ( b ) . He is followed ( as in fame , fo in judg ...
... Dryden's pre- " faces , dedications , and his effay on drama- " tick poetry , not to mention the French cri- " ticks ; I fhould be very glad to have the " benefit of the difcovery . " ( b ) . He is followed ( as in fame , fo in judg ...
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... Dryden's Virgil , of the " moft perfect Epic performance . " those parts of Homer which have been pub- " lish'd already by Mr. Pope , give us reason ( a ) No 40. May 7 : And ❝to- " to think that the Iliad will appear in Eng- of AUTHORS ...
... Dryden's Virgil , of the " moft perfect Epic performance . " those parts of Homer which have been pub- " lish'd already by Mr. Pope , give us reason ( a ) No 40. May 7 : And ❝to- " to think that the Iliad will appear in Eng- of AUTHORS ...
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... Dryden ) " a notable knack of rhyming and writing ❝fmooth verfe . " To the Success of all his pieces , they do unanimously give teftimony : But it is fuffi- cient , inftar omnium , to behold this last great Critick forely lamenting it ...
... Dryden ) " a notable knack of rhyming and writing ❝fmooth verfe . " To the Success of all his pieces , they do unanimously give teftimony : But it is fuffi- cient , inftar omnium , to behold this last great Critick forely lamenting it ...
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... Dryden's not in Mac Fleen ( as it is faid ignorantly in the Key to the Dunsiad , pag . 1. ) but in bis verfes to Mr. Congreve , And Tom the Second reigns like Tom the Birfi « From thy Baotia tho ' Her Pow'r retires , Grieve Book I. The ...
... Dryden's not in Mac Fleen ( as it is faid ignorantly in the Key to the Dunsiad , pag . 1. ) but in bis verfes to Mr. Congreve , And Tom the Second reigns like Tom the Birfi « From thy Baotia tho ' Her Pow'r retires , Grieve Book I. The ...
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... Dryden's po- litical Poems ; and being cry'd up on one fide , fucceeded not a little in his Tragedy of the Emprefs of Morroco ( the first that was ever printed with Cuts . ) " Upon this he grew infolent , the Wits writ a gainft his Play ...
... Dryden's po- litical Poems ; and being cry'd up on one fide , fucceeded not a little in his Tragedy of the Emprefs of Morroco ( the first that was ever printed with Cuts . ) " Upon this he grew infolent , the Wits writ a gainft his Play ...
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