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... occasion , which for just dra- matic criticism on the whole range of the English stage , as well as for poetical excellence , is con- fessedly unrivalled . But this year is , in his life , distinguished as the epoch when his arduous and ...
... occasion , which for just dra- matic criticism on the whole range of the English stage , as well as for poetical excellence , is con- fessedly unrivalled . But this year is , in his life , distinguished as the epoch when his arduous and ...
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... occasion , and never seen entire by the author till they returned to him from the press . Soon after the Rambler was concluded , Dr. Hawkesworth projected " The Adventurer " upon a similar plan ; and by the assistance of friends he was ...
... occasion , and never seen entire by the author till they returned to him from the press . Soon after the Rambler was concluded , Dr. Hawkesworth projected " The Adventurer " upon a similar plan ; and by the assistance of friends he was ...
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... occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this country . Soon after his return to London he was seized by some messengers of the usurping powers , who had been sent out in quest of another man ; and being examined he was put ...
... occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this country . Soon after his return to London he was seized by some messengers of the usurping powers , who had been sent out in quest of another man ; and being examined he was put ...
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... occasion required . Thus , comparing the shield of Satan to the orb of the moon , he crowds the imagination with the disco- very of the telescope , and all the wonders which the telescope discovers . " Whatever be done , however , the ...
... occasion required . Thus , comparing the shield of Satan to the orb of the moon , he crowds the imagination with the disco- very of the telescope , and all the wonders which the telescope discovers . " Whatever be done , however , the ...
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... occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . Dryden , like the other panegyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , or his profession , when the king was restored , and published " ASTREA REDUX , ' a ...
... occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . Dryden , like the other panegyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , or his profession , when the king was restored , and published " ASTREA REDUX , ' a ...
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