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... Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman . In this play he made his effay of dramatick rhyme , which he defends in his dedication , with fufficient certainty of a favourable hearing ; for Orrery was ...
... Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman . In this play he made his effay of dramatick rhyme , which he defends in his dedication , with fufficient certainty of a favourable hearing ; for Orrery was ...
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... Earl of Orrery , in compli- ance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote only to please , and who perhaps ...
... Earl of Orrery , in compli- ance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote only to please , and who perhaps ...
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... earl of Orrery , had defended dramatic rhyme ; and Howard , in the preface to a collection of plays , had cenfured his opinion . Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his preface to the Duke of ...
... earl of Orrery , had defended dramatic rhyme ; and Howard , in the preface to a collection of plays , had cenfured his opinion . Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his preface to the Duke of ...
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... Earl of Rochefter ; whom he acknowledges not only as the defender of his poetry , but the promoter of his fortune . Langbaine places this play in 1673. The earl of Rochefter therefore was the famous Wilmot , whom yet tradition always ...
... Earl of Rochefter ; whom he acknowledges not only as the defender of his poetry , but the promoter of his fortune . Langbaine places this play in 1673. The earl of Rochefter therefore was the famous Wilmot , whom yet tradition always ...
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... fentiments accommodated to fa- miliar incidents . The complaint of life is celebrated , and there are many other paffages that may be read with pleasure . This play is addreffed to the earl of Mul- grave This DRY DE N. 45.
... fentiments accommodated to fa- miliar incidents . The complaint of life is celebrated , and there are many other paffages that may be read with pleasure . This play is addreffed to the earl of Mul- grave This DRY DE N. 45.
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