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Page viii
... rise of the late rebel- lion , and of exposing the villanies of it the stage , to precaution posterity against the like errors . ' His friends , however , considered his first essay as not wrought with sufficient art to ensure success ...
... rise of the late rebel- lion , and of exposing the villanies of it the stage , to precaution posterity against the like errors . ' His friends , however , considered his first essay as not wrought with sufficient art to ensure success ...
Page xviii
... rise With him who commands in the skies , Then taste without fear , and be happy and wise . Woman . Oh ! now I believe ! such pleasure I find As enlightens my eyes , and enlivens my mind ; I only repent I deferr'd my content . Angel ...
... rise With him who commands in the skies , Then taste without fear , and be happy and wise . Woman . Oh ! now I believe ! such pleasure I find As enlightens my eyes , and enlivens my mind ; I only repent I deferr'd my content . Angel ...
Page xxiv
... rise to the Tragi - Comedy of the Spanish Friar . † It was acted with success in February , 1681 , and produced much profit to the company . Nokes , the Liston of the day , ( if Liston could Langbaine is most unusual in his candour ...
... rise to the Tragi - Comedy of the Spanish Friar . † It was acted with success in February , 1681 , and produced much profit to the company . Nokes , the Liston of the day , ( if Liston could Langbaine is most unusual in his candour ...
Page xxviii
... rise to Dryden's poem , Medal , or a Satire against Sedition . ' Spence has mentioned , in his Anecdotes , on the authority of a catholic priest whom he met at Paris , that Charles suggested the subject ( as he seems to have done others ) ...
... rise to Dryden's poem , Medal , or a Satire against Sedition . ' Spence has mentioned , in his Anecdotes , on the authority of a catholic priest whom he met at Paris , that Charles suggested the subject ( as he seems to have done others ) ...
Page xxxiii
... rise from the perusal of it , admiring the skill and talents of the author who could present us a poem of such varied excellence ; argumentative without being rugged or obscure , familiar without being mean and low , pointed in its ...
... rise from the perusal of it , admiring the skill and talents of the author who could present us a poem of such varied excellence ; argumentative without being rugged or obscure , familiar without being mean and low , pointed in its ...
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