The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... present times , nor too distant from them . ' 6 6 ALL for Love , or the World well Lost ( 1678 ) , a tra- gedy founded upon the story of Antony and Cleopa- tra , he tells us , is the only play which he wrote for himself : ' the rest ...
... present times , nor too distant from them . ' 6 6 ALL for Love , or the World well Lost ( 1678 ) , a tra- gedy founded upon the story of Antony and Cleopa- tra , he tells us , is the only play which he wrote for himself : ' the rest ...
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... Wednesday morning , Dr Thomas Sprat , then Bishop of Rochester , and Dean of Westminster , sent the next day to the La- dy Elizabeth Howard , Mr Dryden's widow , that he E would make a present of the ground , which was 44 DRYDEN .
... Wednesday morning , Dr Thomas Sprat , then Bishop of Rochester , and Dean of Westminster , sent the next day to the La- dy Elizabeth Howard , Mr Dryden's widow , that he E would make a present of the ground , which was 44 DRYDEN .
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. would make a present of the ground , which was for- ty pounds , with all the other Abbey - fees . The Lord Halifax likewise sent to the Lady Elizabeth , and Mr Charles Dryden her ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. would make a present of the ground , which was for- ty pounds , with all the other Abbey - fees . The Lord Halifax likewise sent to the Lady Elizabeth , and Mr Charles Dryden her ...
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... present time , I believe that those who had subscribed to the funeral of a man like Dryden , would not , for such an accident , have withdrawn their con- tributions * . for He was buried among the poets in Westminster Abbey , where ...
... present time , I believe that those who had subscribed to the funeral of a man like Dryden , would not , for such an accident , have withdrawn their con- tributions * . for He was buried among the poets in Westminster Abbey , where ...
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... present not unsuit- able to the munificence of that splendid family ; and he quotes Moyle , as relating that forty pounds were paid by a musical society for the use of Alexander's Feast . IN those days the economy of government was yet ...
... present not unsuit- able to the munificence of that splendid family ; and he quotes Moyle , as relating that forty pounds were paid by a musical society for the use of Alexander's Feast . IN those days the economy of government was yet ...
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