The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1J. Buckland, 1790 |
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... easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have fol- B 2 lowed . lowed Langbaine * , as the best authority for his [ 3 ] Dr JOHNSON'S Advertisement, P.
... easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have fol- B 2 lowed . lowed Langbaine * , as the best authority for his [ 3 ] Dr JOHNSON'S Advertisement, P.
Page 17
... easily believe to be undiffembled ; a man harraffed in one kingdom , and perfecuted in an- other , who , after a courfe of business that em- ployed all his days and half his nights in cypher- VOL . I. C ing ing and decyphering , comes ...
... easily believe to be undiffembled ; a man harraffed in one kingdom , and perfecuted in an- other , who , after a courfe of business that em- ployed all his days and half his nights in cypher- VOL . I. C ing ing and decyphering , comes ...
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... easily under- ftood without examples ; and I have therefore collected inftances of the modes of writing by which this fpecies of poets , for poets they were called by themfelves and their admirers , was eminently diftinguifhed . AS the ...
... easily under- ftood without examples ; and I have therefore collected inftances of the modes of writing by which this fpecies of poets , for poets they were called by themfelves and their admirers , was eminently diftinguifhed . AS the ...
Page 41
... easily under- ftood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So So doth each tear , Which thee doth wear ...
... easily under- ftood , they may be read again : On a round ball A workman , that hath copies by , can lay An Europe , Afric , and an Afia , And quickly make that , which was nothing , all . So So doth each tear , Which thee doth wear ...
Page 73
... easily surmounted , that a writer profeffing to revive the nobleft and high- eft writing in verfe , makes this addrefs to the new year : Nay , if thou lov'ft me , gentle year , Let not fo much as love be there , Vain fruitless love I ...
... easily surmounted , that a writer profeffing to revive the nobleft and high- eft writing in verfe , makes this addrefs to the new year : Nay , if thou lov'ft me , gentle year , Let not fo much as love be there , Vain fruitless love I ...
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