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... hundred a year , and to have teen bred , as was faid , an Anabaptift . For either of these particulars no authority is given . Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or ...
... hundred a year , and to have teen bred , as was faid , an Anabaptift . For either of these particulars no authority is given . Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or ...
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... hundred marks to one hundred pounds a year , and a tierce of wine ; a revenue in thofe days not inade- quate to the conveniences of life . The fame year he published his Effay on Dramatick Poetry , an elegant and inftruc- tive dialogue ...
... hundred marks to one hundred pounds a year , and a tierce of wine ; a revenue in thofe days not inade- quate to the conveniences of life . The fame year he published his Effay on Dramatick Poetry , an elegant and inftruc- tive dialogue ...
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... hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of Beaumont and Fletcher in Spanish Stories ; Jonfon only made them for himfelf . His criticisms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious . and profound . He endeavours to defend the immorality ...
... hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of Beaumont and Fletcher in Spanish Stories ; Jonfon only made them for himfelf . His criticisms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious . and profound . He endeavours to defend the immorality ...
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... hundred copies of it being difperfed abroad without my knowledge or confent ; " and every one gathering new faults ... hundred co- pies of fourteen hundred lines were likely to be tranfcribed . An author has a right to print his own ...
... hundred copies of it being difperfed abroad without my knowledge or confent ; " and every one gathering new faults ... hundred co- pies of fourteen hundred lines were likely to be tranfcribed . An author has a right to print his own ...
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... hundred pounds , by the accumulated gain of the third night , the dedication , and the copy . Almost every piece had a dedication , writ- ten with fuch elegance and luxuriance of praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be ...
... hundred pounds , by the accumulated gain of the third night , the dedication , and the copy . Almost every piece had a dedication , writ- ten with fuch elegance and luxuriance of praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be ...
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