Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1928 - 299 sivua |
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John Dryden. " " INTRODUCTION JOHN DRYDEN was born at Aldwinkle All Saints , Northamp- tonshire , on the 9th August 1631 , and was educated at West- minster and at Trinity College , Cambridge . In 1654 , the year in which he took his ...
John Dryden. " " INTRODUCTION JOHN DRYDEN was born at Aldwinkle All Saints , Northamp- tonshire , on the 9th August 1631 , and was educated at West- minster and at Trinity College , Cambridge . In 1654 , the year in which he took his ...
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John Dryden. The same reason may also be alleged for chimeras and the rest . And poets may be allowed the like liberty for describing things which really exist not , if they are founded on popular belief . Of this nature are fairies ...
John Dryden. The same reason may also be alleged for chimeras and the rest . And poets may be allowed the like liberty for describing things which really exist not , if they are founded on popular belief . Of this nature are fairies ...
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John Dryden. lated in that manner . I remember not the reason which he gives for it ; but I suppose it is for fear of omitting any of his excel- lencies . Sure I am , that if it be a fault , ' tis much more pardonable than that of those ...
John Dryden. lated in that manner . I remember not the reason which he gives for it ; but I suppose it is for fear of omitting any of his excel- lencies . Sure I am , that if it be a fault , ' tis much more pardonable than that of those ...
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EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES Lord | 1 |
A DEFENCE OF AN ESSAY OF DRAMATIC POESY | 60 |
ON COMEDY FARCE AND TRAGEDY | 77 |
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