The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1943 |
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... Name to it , he has a Dispensation by that alias to injure , slander , and threaten all that is Powerful and Noble in Great Britain . But that if any one pretends to write ev'n a just Satire , upon the vilest Poetaster or Politicaster ...
... Name to it , he has a Dispensation by that alias to injure , slander , and threaten all that is Powerful and Noble in Great Britain . But that if any one pretends to write ev'n a just Satire , upon the vilest Poetaster or Politicaster ...
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... Name is Danvers , and who was formerly an eminent Merchant at Bristol , upon his Arrival from the Indies , from whence he returns with a great Estate , carries on a very great Trade at London unknown to his Friends and Relations at ...
... Name is Danvers , and who was formerly an eminent Merchant at Bristol , upon his Arrival from the Indies , from whence he returns with a great Estate , carries on a very great Trade at London unknown to his Friends and Relations at ...
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... name , He does as Absurdly as a Bungling Painter , who should Draw the Picture of John a Nokes , or of John a Stiles , and then setting on The Top of it , the name of a person of the first Quality , should carry it to Him , and attempt ...
... name , He does as Absurdly as a Bungling Painter , who should Draw the Picture of John a Nokes , or of John a Stiles , and then setting on The Top of it , the name of a person of the first Quality , should carry it to Him , and attempt ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
Appendix excerpts and miscellaneousContinued X From the Prologue to Gibraltar 1705 | 39 |
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