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Pagina 51
... supposed that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the masque of Comus , which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence . of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of ...
... supposed that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the masque of Comus , which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence . of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of ...
Pagina 136
... supposed to have been sufficiently busied by the composition of eight - and - twenty pieces for the stage , Dryden found room in the same space for many other undertakings . But , how much soever he wrote , he was at least once sus ...
... supposed to have been sufficiently busied by the composition of eight - and - twenty pieces for the stage , Dryden found room in the same space for many other undertakings . But , how much soever he wrote , he was at least once sus ...
Pagina 420
... supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet " ; and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden ...
... supposed to be sent , by letters . I have been told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , " Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet " ; and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden ...
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JOHN MILTON | 47 |
EARL OF ROCHESTER | 107 |
JOHN DRYDEN | 113 |
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