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... taken notice of , not fo much as the Name of his Kingdom , nor his Capital , befieged by the Turk , under the Walls of which Amurath is faid to have expired : So that , upon the whole , this Hero might have been called any thing elfe as ...
... taken notice of , not fo much as the Name of his Kingdom , nor his Capital , befieged by the Turk , under the Walls of which Amurath is faid to have expired : So that , upon the whole , this Hero might have been called any thing elfe as ...
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... taken by the Turks , who though they hated him living , with much Reverence took up his Bones ; which with great Contention ( every one striving for a Part , tho ' ever fo fmall ) they divided amongst them ; and after every one had fet ...
... taken by the Turks , who though they hated him living , with much Reverence took up his Bones ; which with great Contention ( every one striving for a Part , tho ' ever fo fmall ) they divided amongst them ; and after every one had fet ...
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... taken captive ; for I faw , As now I well remember , when the fight Rag'd at full height , amid the hottest fcenes Of deadly flaughter , he regardless rush'd , Piercing the center of their battle , till Encompass'd with fucceeding foes ...
... taken captive ; for I faw , As now I well remember , when the fight Rag'd at full height , amid the hottest fcenes Of deadly flaughter , he regardless rush'd , Piercing the center of their battle , till Encompass'd with fucceeding foes ...
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... taken captive , is at my disposal . ARIANISSA . My father ! O ye heavens ! why did I live To fee this day ? O ! why was I referv'd A witness to thy fad disast'rous fate ? Why was I refcu'd from the boift'rous waves ? Those waves would ...
... taken captive , is at my disposal . ARIANISSA . My father ! O ye heavens ! why did I live To fee this day ? O ! why was I referv'd A witness to thy fad disast'rous fate ? Why was I refcu'd from the boift'rous waves ? Those waves would ...
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... taken from the English Rogue , Part IV . Chap . xix . where a Servant is introduced decoying his Mistress into a Wedding , by bribing the City - mufic to play under her Window , and wish her Joy of her Marriage ; while he , at the fame ...
... taken from the English Rogue , Part IV . Chap . xix . where a Servant is introduced decoying his Mistress into a Wedding , by bribing the City - mufic to play under her Window , and wish her Joy of her Marriage ; while he , at the fame ...
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Page 140 - He had by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
Page 142 - Mr. Jonson, who was at that time altogether unknown to the world, had offered one of his plays to the players, in order to have it acted ; and the persons into whose hands it was put, after having turned it carelessly and superciliously over, were just upon returning it to him with an ill-natured answer, that it would be of no service to their company ; when...
Page 147 - His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
Page 142 - His Acquaintance with Ben Johnson began with a remarkable piece of Humanity and good Nature; Mr Johnson, who was at that Time altogether unknown to the World, had offer'd one of his Plays to the Players, in order to have it...
Page 140 - He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank ; but his admirable wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer.
Page 140 - Perhaps we are not to look for his beginnings, like those of other authors, among their least perfect writings ; art had so little, and nature so large a share in what he did, that, for aught I know...
Page 222 - I will say but one word more in general of his writings, which is, that what he has done in any one species, or distinct kind, would have been sufficient to have acquired him a great name. If he had written nothing but his prefaces, or nothing but his songs or his prologues, each of them would have entitled him to the preference and distinction of excelling in his kind.
Page 139 - ... he was his eldest son, he could give him no better education than his own employment.
Page 221 - Indeed, it is to be regretted, that he was rather blameable in the other extreme; for, by that means, he was personally less known, and, consequently, his character might become liable both to misapprehensions and misrepresentations.
Page 221 - ... last, even to near seventy years of age, improving even in fire and imagination, as well as in judgment; witness his Ode on St Cecilia's Day, and his Fables, his latest performances.