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, Том 1, Брой 1T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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... Dedications and Prefaces , not com prised in the foregoing list , then follow , in the order of time in which they were written ; and to these succeed all his other critical Prefaces , Dedications , Lives , and Miscellaneous Essays ...
... Dedications and Prefaces , not com prised in the foregoing list , then follow , in the order of time in which they were written ; and to these succeed all his other critical Prefaces , Dedications , Lives , and Miscellaneous Essays ...
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... dedication to the most serene Oliver , by Dr. Owen , the usurping Dean of Christ - church , then Vice - Chancellor ; in which he apologizes for the Ox- onians having been somewhat tardy in their encomiums . -It is painful to observe ...
... dedication to the most serene Oliver , by Dr. Owen , the usurping Dean of Christ - church , then Vice - Chancellor ; in which he apologizes for the Ox- onians having been somewhat tardy in their encomiums . -It is painful to observe ...
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... Charles , Lord Buckhurst , better known afterwards by the title of the Earl of Dorset . CRITES was • Dedication of his Poems to Lionel , Earl of Dorset , 8vo . 1709 . indisputably Sir Robert Howard ; ' as is proved not 62 THE LIFE OF.
... Charles , Lord Buckhurst , better known afterwards by the title of the Earl of Dorset . CRITES was • Dedication of his Poems to Lionel , Earl of Dorset , 8vo . 1709 . indisputably Sir Robert Howard ; ' as is proved not 62 THE LIFE OF.
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... dedication of his first play , THE MULBERRY GARDEN , printed in the same year with this Essay , 1668. At a later period of life he seems to have been called Sedley . His daughter Catharine , however , when she was created Countess of ...
... dedication of his first play , THE MULBERRY GARDEN , printed in the same year with this Essay , 1668. At a later period of life he seems to have been called Sedley . His daughter Catharine , however , when she was created Countess of ...
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... dedication which he says he was em- boldened to make , though he had not the honour of being personally known to his Lordship , in consequence of the kindness that he had always shewn to his writings , one of which , by his order , had ...
... dedication which he says he was em- boldened to make , though he had not the honour of being personally known to his Lordship , in consequence of the kindness that he had always shewn to his writings , one of which , by his order , had ...
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