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Page xi
He found , however , better resources against illrequited love , than " perpetual lamentation " for one who was not unwillingly forgotten by his contemporaries , INTRODUCTION . xi.
He found , however , better resources against illrequited love , than " perpetual lamentation " for one who was not unwillingly forgotten by his contemporaries , INTRODUCTION . xi.
Page xxix
Perkin Warbeck , " which appeared in 1634 , and which was accompanied with more than the usual proportion of commendatory verses , * is dedicated to the Earl ( better known as the Duke ) of Newcastle , in a strain , which shows that the ...
Perkin Warbeck , " which appeared in 1634 , and which was accompanied with more than the usual proportion of commendatory verses , * is dedicated to the Earl ( better known as the Duke ) of Newcastle , in a strain , which shows that the ...
Page xxxix
Whence does it derive that resistless power which all confess , of afflicting , I had almost said , harassing , the better feelings ? It is not from any peculiar beauty of language - for in this he is equalled by his contemporaries ...
Whence does it derive that resistless power which all confess , of afflicting , I had almost said , harassing , the better feelings ? It is not from any peculiar beauty of language - for in this he is equalled by his contemporaries ...
Page xl
... selection of his fables , there is usually much to commend : like Kent , indeed , he possessed the faculty of marring a plain tale in the telling ; but this is only saying , in other words , that he planned better than he executed .
... selection of his fables , there is usually much to commend : like Kent , indeed , he possessed the faculty of marring a plain tale in the telling ; but this is only saying , in other words , that he planned better than he executed .
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He probably had no better authority than an expression in the Dedication - that " the Piece was an orphan one . " It may , however , be so ; for at this period he would have passed his seventieth year : but this still leaves a ...
He probably had no better authority than an expression in the Dedication - that " the Piece was an orphan one . " It may , however , be so ; for at this period he would have passed his seventieth year : but this still leaves a ...
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