The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksPaterson, 1882 - English literature |
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... least a hundred thousand fighting men . These monstrous fictions , however , constituted the amusement of the young and the gay , * in the age of Charles II . , and from one of these very books Dryden admits his having drawn , at least ...
... least a hundred thousand fighting men . These monstrous fictions , however , constituted the amusement of the young and the gay , * in the age of Charles II . , and from one of these very books Dryden admits his having drawn , at least ...
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... least , the two upper regions , or galleries , contain such spectators as indifferently frequent each place of sport . So that ' tis no wonder we hear such applause resounded on the victories of an Almanzor , when the same parties had ...
... least , the two upper regions , or galleries , contain such spectators as indifferently frequent each place of sport . So that ' tis no wonder we hear such applause resounded on the victories of an Almanzor , when the same parties had ...
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... of its separate lines are , as has been said , constantly quoted without the least idea on the quoter's part of their origin , and many more are quotable . Everybody , for instance , knows the vigorous THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA . 9.
... of its separate lines are , as has been said , constantly quoted without the least idea on the quoter's part of their origin , and many more are quotable . Everybody , for instance , knows the vigorous THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA . 9.
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... least pretence for a false bonfire , or a dissembled day of public thanksgiving . All our achievements against them afterwards , though we sometimes con- quered , and were never overcome , were but a copy of that victory , and they ...
... least pretence for a false bonfire , or a dissembled day of public thanksgiving . All our achievements against them afterwards , though we sometimes con- quered , and were never overcome , were but a copy of that victory , and they ...
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... least , as far as they are capable of being copied by the mean abilities of , SIR , Your royal highness's Most humble , and Most obedient servant , J. DRYDEN . VOL . IV . B OF HEROIC PLAYS . AN ESSAY . WHETHER heroic verse DEDICATION . 17.
... least , as far as they are capable of being copied by the mean abilities of , SIR , Your royal highness's Most humble , and Most obedient servant , J. DRYDEN . VOL . IV . B OF HEROIC PLAYS . AN ESSAY . WHETHER heroic verse DEDICATION . 17.
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