The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... written his Old Bachelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are certainly known ; if the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by himself , that he owed his nativity to England ...
... written his Old Bachelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are certainly known ; if the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by himself , that he owed his nativity to England ...
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... written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it , to amuse myself , in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was ...
... written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it , to amuse myself , in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was ...
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... written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by mr . Dryden , mr . Southern , and mr . Maynwaring . Dryden said , that he never had seen such a first play ; but they found ...
... written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by mr . Dryden , mr . Southern , and mr . Maynwaring . Dryden said , that he never had seen such a first play ; but they found ...
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... written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it , to amuse myself , in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was ...
... written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it , to amuse myself , in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was ...
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... written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by mr . Dryden , mr . Southern , and mr . Maynwaring . Dryden said , that he never had seen such a first play ; but they found ...
... written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by mr . Dryden , mr . Southern , and mr . Maynwaring . Dryden said , that he never had seen such a first play ; but they found ...
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