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Pagina 27
... excellence in general terms . A play thus written , in profeffed defiance of probability , naturally drew down upon it- felf the vultures of the theatre . One of the criticks that attacked it was Martin Clifford , to whom Sprat ...
... excellence in general terms . A play thus written , in profeffed defiance of probability , naturally drew down upon it- felf the vultures of the theatre . One of the criticks that attacked it was Martin Clifford , to whom Sprat ...
Pagina 29
... excellence ; but intends to shew , that by studied miscon- ftruction every thing may be equally repre- fented as ridiculous . After fo much of Dryden's elegant animadverfions , justice re- quires that fomething of Settle's fhould be ...
... excellence ; but intends to shew , that by studied miscon- ftruction every thing may be equally repre- fented as ridiculous . After fo much of Dryden's elegant animadverfions , justice re- quires that fomething of Settle's fhould be ...
Pagina 41
... excellence in the language of religion . The preface contains an apology for he- roick verfe , and poetick licence ; by which is meant not any liberty taken in contract- ing or extending words , but the use of bold fictions and ...
... excellence in the language of religion . The preface contains an apology for he- roick verfe , and poetick licence ; by which is meant not any liberty taken in contract- ing or extending words , but the use of bold fictions and ...
Pagina 45
... excellence univerfally acknowledged ; the difpute and the reconci- liation of Dorax and Sebaftian has always been admired . This play was first acted in 1690 , after Dryden had for fome years difcontinued dramatick poetry . Amphitryon ...
... excellence univerfally acknowledged ; the difpute and the reconci- liation of Dorax and Sebaftian has always been admired . This play was first acted in 1690 , after Dryden had for fome years difcontinued dramatick poetry . Amphitryon ...
Pagina 66
... dramatick poetry . The two talkers in the third are Mr. Bayes and Mr. Hains . Brown was a man not deficient in litera- ture , nor destitute of fancy ; but he seems to have thought it the pinnacle of excellence to be a have 66 DR Y DE N.
... dramatick poetry . The two talkers in the third are Mr. Bayes and Mr. Hains . Brown was a man not deficient in litera- ture , nor destitute of fancy ; but he seems to have thought it the pinnacle of excellence to be a have 66 DR Y DE N.
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