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... excellent is intolerably bad . In the prologue to the " Fancies , " the poet makes the only allusion to his native county which appears in any part of his works- " if traduced by some , ' Tis well , he says , he's far enough from home ...
... excellent is intolerably bad . In the prologue to the " Fancies , " the poet makes the only allusion to his native county which appears in any part of his works- " if traduced by some , ' Tis well , he says , he's far enough from home ...
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... excellent Dialogue on the old stage ; nor does it once appear in the long lists of Downes , the prompter , when , upon the Restoration , the repositories of the play - houses were ransacked for dramas to gratify the rising passion for ...
... excellent Dialogue on the old stage ; nor does it once appear in the long lists of Downes , the prompter , when , upon the Restoration , the repositories of the play - houses were ransacked for dramas to gratify the rising passion for ...
Page lxxxi
... excellent weapons of retaliation by his op- ponents . ' n Mr. Weber is " very indubitably , " an admirable judge of what belongs to the ancients , and a no less admirable critic on the originality of his author ! It happens , unfor ...
... excellent weapons of retaliation by his op- ponents . ' n Mr. Weber is " very indubitably , " an admirable judge of what belongs to the ancients , and a no less admirable critic on the originality of his author ! It happens , unfor ...
Page lxxxiv
... strength . G. 38. W.146 . - You charm me . " So in Cynthia's Revels , How now ! charm your tongue . ' " Excellent ! in Ford , the expression means , you constrain me to speak ; and in Jonson , it is lxxxiv INTRODUCTION .
... strength . G. 38. W.146 . - You charm me . " So in Cynthia's Revels , How now ! charm your tongue . ' " Excellent ! in Ford , the expression means , you constrain me to speak ; and in Jonson , it is lxxxiv INTRODUCTION .
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... Excellent . G. 285. W 262. — Asleep , sleep , sir . Read Asleep ! asleep , sir ! The matter is not much ; and yet it should be noticed , for it spoils the verse . G.282 . W.263 . Read : such alacrity as nature And custom did delight in ...
... Excellent . G. 285. W 262. — Asleep , sleep , sir . Read Asleep ! asleep , sir ! The matter is not much ; and yet it should be noticed , for it spoils the verse . G.282 . W.263 . Read : such alacrity as nature And custom did delight in ...
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