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... some danger . Settle had not only been profpe- rous on the stage , but , in the confidence of fuccefs , had publifhed his play , with fculptures and a preface of defiance . Here was one offence added to another ; and for न for the last ...
... some danger . Settle had not only been profpe- rous on the stage , but , in the confidence of fuccefs , had publifhed his play , with fculptures and a preface of defiance . Here was one offence added to another ; and for न for the last ...
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... some- times defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the aftonishing . In the Epilogue to the fecond part of the Conqueft of Granada , Dryden indulges his fa- vourite pleasure of difcrediting his ...
... some- times defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the aftonishing . In the Epilogue to the fecond part of the Conqueft of Granada , Dryden indulges his fa- vourite pleasure of difcrediting his ...
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... some such pedantry as this : 66 " Two ifs fcarce makes one poffi biity . If justice will take all , and nothing give , Justice , methinks , is not distributive . " To " To die or kill you is the alternative , 34 DRYDEN .
... some such pedantry as this : 66 " Two ifs fcarce makes one poffi biity . If justice will take all , and nothing give , Justice , methinks , is not distributive . " To " To die or kill you is the alternative , 34 DRYDEN .
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... Some fuch production was forefeen by Marvel , who writes thus to Milton Or if a work fo infinite be fpann'd , Jealous I was leaft fome lefs fkilful hand , ( Such as difquiet always what is well , And by ill imitating would excel ...
... Some fuch production was forefeen by Marvel , who writes thus to Milton Or if a work fo infinite be fpann'd , Jealous I was leaft fome lefs fkilful hand , ( Such as difquiet always what is well , And by ill imitating would excel ...
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... some past , or afraid of fome future cen- fure ; but he leffens the fmarts of his wounds by the balm of his own approbation , and endeavours to repel the fhafts of criticifi by opposing a shield of adamantine confi- dence . The ...
... some past , or afraid of fome future cen- fure ; but he leffens the fmarts of his wounds by the balm of his own approbation , and endeavours to repel the fhafts of criticifi by opposing a shield of adamantine confi- dence . The ...
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