The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1943 |
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... living Author which you have not , that tho ' you had really made thus bold with me , it would have been impossible to have convinc'd above forty or fifty People of it . And here , my dear Friend , at the same time that I acknowledge ...
... living Author which you have not , that tho ' you had really made thus bold with me , it would have been impossible to have convinc'd above forty or fifty People of it . And here , my dear Friend , at the same time that I acknowledge ...
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... living . Nor can I believe that several who pretend to be passionate Admirers of Milton , would treat him if living in any other manner for the following Reasons . Because they are so fond of nothing as of that soft and effeminate Rhyme ...
... living . Nor can I believe that several who pretend to be passionate Admirers of Milton , would treat him if living in any other manner for the following Reasons . Because they are so fond of nothing as of that soft and effeminate Rhyme ...
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... living Authors ; and Authors for the most part of great Mediocrity , tho ' I have always done it openly and fairly , and upon just and personal Provocations ; and that these should basely arraign the Reputation of a great Man deceas'd ...
... living Authors ; and Authors for the most part of great Mediocrity , tho ' I have always done it openly and fairly , and upon just and personal Provocations ; and that these should basely arraign the Reputation of a great Man deceas'd ...
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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