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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... 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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... opinion . " He used to say of a very goodnatured dull fellow , ' tis a thousand pities that man is not illnatured , that we might kick him out of company . " Spence's ANECDOTES . VOL . II . 1 + was good manners with a vengeance ; and ...
... opinion . " He used to say of a very goodnatured dull fellow , ' tis a thousand pities that man is not illnatured , that we might kick him out of company . " Spence's ANECDOTES . VOL . II . 1 + was good manners with a vengeance ; and ...
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... opinion of another man ; at least where he is not bribed by interest , or preju- diced by malice . And this , I suppose , is manifest by plain induction : for , first , the crowd cannot be presumed to have more than a gross instinct of ...
... opinion of another man ; at least where he is not bribed by interest , or preju- diced by malice . And this , I suppose , is manifest by plain induction : for , first , the crowd cannot be presumed to have more than a gross instinct of ...
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... opinion . It has nothing of particular satire in it ; for whatsoever may have been pre- tended by some criticks in the town , I may safely and solemnly affirm that no one character has been drawn from any single man ; and that I have ...
... opinion . It has nothing of particular satire in it ; for whatsoever may have been pre- tended by some criticks in the town , I may safely and solemnly affirm that no one character has been drawn from any single man ; and that I have ...
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... opinions in my loose Essays of the like nature ; but of this I dare affirm , that it is the fruit of my riper age and experience , and that self - love or envy have no part in it . The application to English authors is my own , and ...
... opinions in my loose Essays of the like nature ; but of this I dare affirm , that it is the fruit of my riper age and experience , and that self - love or envy have no part in it . The application to English authors is my own , and ...
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