The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected: with Notes and Illustrations; an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Grounded on Original and Authentick Documents; and a Collection of His Letters, the Greater Part of which Has Never Before Been Published, Volumen2T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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... French , by Mary , Countess of Pembroke , ( sister of Sir Philip Sydney , ) was printed in 4to . in 1595. Both these pieces are written on the model of the ancient drama . May's CLEOPATRA was published in 1639 , but does not appear to ...
... French , by Mary , Countess of Pembroke , ( sister of Sir Philip Sydney , ) was printed in 4to . in 1595. Both these pieces are written on the model of the ancient drama . May's CLEOPATRA was published in 1639 , but does not appear to ...
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... French poets , I confess , are strict observers of these punctilios : they would not , for example , have suffered Cleopatra and Octavia to have met ; or if they had met , there must only have passed betwixt them some cold civilities ...
... French poets , I confess , are strict observers of these punctilios : they would not , for example , have suffered Cleopatra and Octavia to have met ; or if they had met , there must only have passed betwixt them some cold civilities ...
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... is , that by this opinion my enemies are but suck- ing criticks , who would fain be nibbling ere their teeth are come . Yet in this nicety of manners does the excel- 6 lency of French poetry consist . Their heroes are 16 PREFACE TO.
... is , that by this opinion my enemies are but suck- ing criticks , who would fain be nibbling ere their teeth are come . Yet in this nicety of manners does the excel- 6 lency of French poetry consist . Their heroes are 16 PREFACE TO.
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... French poetry consist . Their heroes are the most civil people breathing , but their good- breeding seldom extends to a word of sense ; all their wit is in their ceremony . They want the genius which animates our stage ; and therefore ...
... French poetry consist . Their heroes are the most civil people breathing , but their good- breeding seldom extends to a word of sense ; all their wit is in their ceremony . They want the genius which animates our stage ; and therefore ...
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... French poets , but that I find our Chedreux * criticks wholly form their judgments by them . • Racine . 8 The criticks are thus denominated from the kind of wig they wore . A particular kind of peruke was called a Chedreux , or Chadreux ...
... French poets , but that I find our Chedreux * criticks wholly form their judgments by them . • Racine . 8 The criticks are thus denominated from the kind of wig they wore . A particular kind of peruke was called a Chedreux , or Chadreux ...
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