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... never been refused the right of ascribing effects or agency to them as tò pofitive powers . No man fcruples to say that darkness hinders him from his work ; or that cold has killed the plants . Death is alfo privation , yet who has made ...
... never been refused the right of ascribing effects or agency to them as tò pofitive powers . No man fcruples to say that darkness hinders him from his work ; or that cold has killed the plants . Death is alfo privation , yet who has made ...
Pagina 6
... never to have loved that exercife of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . 1 Of the ftage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals ...
... never to have loved that exercife of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . 1 Of the ftage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals ...
Pagina 13
... never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never seen a woman . About this time , in 1673 , Dryden seems to have had his quiet much disturbed by the fuccefs of the Empress of Morocco , a tragedy written in ...
... never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never seen a woman . About this time , in 1673 , Dryden seems to have had his quiet much disturbed by the fuccefs of the Empress of Morocco , a tragedy written in ...
Pagina 14
... never fashion " into wit or English . His style is boister- " ous and rough - hewn , his rhyme incor- " " rigibly lewd , and his numbers perpetually " harfh and ill - founding . The little talent " which he has , is fancy . He sometimes ...
... never fashion " into wit or English . His style is boister- " ous and rough - hewn , his rhyme incor- " " rigibly lewd , and his numbers perpetually " harfh and ill - founding . The little talent " which he has , is fancy . He sometimes ...
Pagina 16
... never been thought worthy of republica- tion , and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely . Whene'er she bleeds , He no feverer a damnation needs , That That dares pronounce the fentence of her ...
... never been thought worthy of republica- tion , and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely . Whene'er she bleeds , He no feverer a damnation needs , That That dares pronounce the fentence of her ...
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