Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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... given to him by the Earl of Norwich who had recently visited Morocco on an embassy . This play was chosen to be performed at Court by a number of distinguished amateurs . Sir Walter Scott in his Life of Dryden accuses Rochester of ...
... given to him by the Earl of Norwich who had recently visited Morocco on an embassy . This play was chosen to be performed at Court by a number of distinguished amateurs . Sir Walter Scott in his Life of Dryden accuses Rochester of ...
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... given to him.3 In the autumn of the same year a lampoon attributed to Rochester called A Session of the Poets was circulating in the town , and it contained some lines that mock Otway for his boasts , concerning his heroic plays , his ...
... given to him.3 In the autumn of the same year a lampoon attributed to Rochester called A Session of the Poets was circulating in the town , and it contained some lines that mock Otway for his boasts , concerning his heroic plays , his ...
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... given ' . He urged Burnet to give certain messages to his old friends , ' which very well became a dying Penitent ' , and gave him also ' a Charge to pub- lish any thing concerning him , that might be a mean to reclaim others ' . He ...
... given ' . He urged Burnet to give certain messages to his old friends , ' which very well became a dying Penitent ' , and gave him also ' a Charge to pub- lish any thing concerning him , that might be a mean to reclaim others ' . He ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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