Lives of Dryden and PopeClarendon Press, 1885 - 326 Seiten |
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... elegance , and many of empty noise and ridiculous turbulence . The rants of Maximin have been always the sport of criticism ; and were at length , if his own confession may be trusted , the shame of the writer . Of this play he takes ...
... elegance , and many of empty noise and ridiculous turbulence . The rants of Maximin have been always the sport of criticism ; and were at length , if his own confession may be trusted , the shame of the writer . Of this play he takes ...
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... elegance and spriteliness . ' Limberham , or the Kind Keeper ' , ' is a comedy which , 10 after the third night , was prohibited as too indecent for the stage . What gave offence , was in the printing , as the author says , altered or ...
... elegance and spriteliness . ' Limberham , or the Kind Keeper ' , ' is a comedy which , 10 after the third night , was prohibited as too indecent for the stage . What gave offence , was in the printing , as the author says , altered or ...
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... elegance and luxuriance of praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be imagined able to resist . But he seems to have made flattery too cheap . That praise is worth nothing of which the price is known . To increase the value of ...
... elegance and luxuriance of praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be imagined able to resist . But he seems to have made flattery too cheap . That praise is worth nothing of which the price is known . To increase the value of ...
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... elegance , it would be difficult to conjecture , to were not the power of prejudice every day observed . The authority of Jonson , Sandys , and Holyday had fixed the judgment of the nation , and it was not easily believed that a better ...
... elegance , it would be difficult to conjecture , to were not the power of prejudice every day observed . The authority of Jonson , Sandys , and Holyday had fixed the judgment of the nation , and it was not easily believed that a better ...
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... elegance ; and if we miss her , the labour of the pursuit re- wards itself ; we are led only through fragrance and flowers : Rymer , without taking a nearer , takes a rougher way ; every step is to be made through thorns and brambles ...
... elegance ; and if we miss her , the labour of the pursuit re- wards itself ; we are led only through fragrance and flowers : Rymer , without taking a nearer , takes a rougher way ; every step is to be made through thorns and brambles ...
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