The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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... Character of a good Parson Translations from Boccace Sigismonda and Guiscardo Theodore and Honoria Cymon and Iphigenia Translations from Ovid's Metamorphoses The first Book The Golden Age 192 202 228 236 242 247 249 256 260 271 272 The ...
... Character of a good Parson Translations from Boccace Sigismonda and Guiscardo Theodore and Honoria Cymon and Iphigenia Translations from Ovid's Metamorphoses The first Book The Golden Age 192 202 228 236 242 247 249 256 260 271 272 The ...
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... character . The little that is to be found in the narratives of his life has been gleaned from occasional notices in party pamphlets , and satirical libels , or from what has incidentally been mentioned by himself . Doctor Johnson , who ...
... character . The little that is to be found in the narratives of his life has been gleaned from occasional notices in party pamphlets , and satirical libels , or from what has incidentally been mentioned by himself . Doctor Johnson , who ...
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... character , nor was it controlled by any presiding genius . It shows rather a vigorous understanding , and quick discernment , than a rich imagination , or a fancy lavish of its youthful stores . How little does it resemble the early ...
... character , nor was it controlled by any presiding genius . It shows rather a vigorous understanding , and quick discernment , than a rich imagination , or a fancy lavish of its youthful stores . How little does it resemble the early ...
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... character of Isabella is immodest and loose . The absurdity of the gross deceit at- tempted to be passed on Lord Nonsuch proba- bly turned the fate of the play . Seven years afterwards , when it was corrected and revised , that this ...
... character of Isabella is immodest and loose . The absurdity of the gross deceit at- tempted to be passed on Lord Nonsuch proba- bly turned the fate of the play . Seven years afterwards , when it was corrected and revised , that this ...
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... character . This has been adopted with suc- cess by the actors on the French stage , where the verse with difficulty admits it , and when such an alteration in the manner of delivery was not anticipated or provided for by the author ...
... character . This has been adopted with suc- cess by the actors on the French stage , where the verse with difficulty admits it , and when such an alteration in the manner of delivery was not anticipated or provided for by the author ...
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