The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1964 |
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John Dennis Edward Niles Hooker. most discriminating tributes paid to Dryden during the eighteenth century . Dennis's critical faculties were too sharp and active to be dispossessed by the generous warmth of friendship . His affections ...
John Dennis Edward Niles Hooker. most discriminating tributes paid to Dryden during the eighteenth century . Dennis's critical faculties were too sharp and active to be dispossessed by the generous warmth of friendship . His affections ...
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John Dennis Edward Niles Hooker. 71 his proposals for improvement have already been commented on , but the fact has escaped attention that the Essay on the Navy was dedicated to a lord high admiral , and that the lord high admiral ...
John Dennis Edward Niles Hooker. 71 his proposals for improvement have already been commented on , but the fact has escaped attention that the Essay on the Navy was dedicated to a lord high admiral , and that the lord high admiral ...
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... Dennis.173 It was to Sewell , in all probability , that the critic addressed his letters on Milton in 1722.174 Though he lived a relatively retired existence , Dennis still made new friends in his advanced years . With Giles Jacob be ...
... Dennis.173 It was to Sewell , in all probability , that the critic addressed his letters on Milton in 1722.174 Though he lived a relatively retired existence , Dennis still made new friends in his advanced years . With Giles Jacob be ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
To the Spectator on Poetical Justice 1712 | 18 |
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