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Pagina 76
... excellence ; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual growth and expansion , and to observe how they are sometimes suddenly advanced by accidental hints , and sometimes slowly improved by steady ...
... excellence ; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual growth and expansion , and to observe how they are sometimes suddenly advanced by accidental hints , and sometimes slowly improved by steady ...
Pagina 233
... excellence of Dryden's works was lessened by his indigence , their number was increased ; and I know not how it will be proved , that if he had written less he would have written better ; or that indeed he would have undergone the toil ...
... excellence of Dryden's works was lessened by his indigence , their number was increased ; and I know not how it will be proved , that if he had written less he would have written better ; or that indeed he would have undergone the toil ...
Pagina 254
... excellence beyond it in some other of Dryden's works , that excellence must be found . Compared with the Ode on Killigrew , it may be pro- 1631-1700 CHARACTER OF MIND 255 nounced perhaps superior in the 254 1631-1700 DRYDEN.
... excellence beyond it in some other of Dryden's works , that excellence must be found . Compared with the Ode on Killigrew , it may be pro- 1631-1700 CHARACTER OF MIND 255 nounced perhaps superior in the 254 1631-1700 DRYDEN.
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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