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Page xxvi
... once ; and some verses addressed by Dryden to Lady Castlemaine , " upon her encouraging his first play , " show that it found favour with the King's then ruling mistress . Not daunted by his first failure , Dryden produced before the ...
... once ; and some verses addressed by Dryden to Lady Castlemaine , " upon her encouraging his first play , " show that it found favour with the King's then ruling mistress . Not daunted by his first failure , Dryden produced before the ...
Page lxvii
... once : each of these was to be honoured by printing his coat of arms at the foot of one of a hundred and two engravings with which the book was to be adorned and there was to be a second subscription , of two guineas , of persons whose ...
... once : each of these was to be honoured by printing his coat of arms at the foot of one of a hundred and two engravings with which the book was to be adorned and there was to be a second subscription , of two guineas , of persons whose ...
Page lxxvi
... once heard of it can plead no excuse if they do not embrace it . " In a later letter to the same lady he speaks even more despondingly of his prospects from the Government , and mentions that the Lord Chancellor , Somers , is hostile to ...
... once heard of it can plead no excuse if they do not embrace it . " In a later letter to the same lady he speaks even more despondingly of his prospects from the Government , and mentions that the Lord Chancellor , Somers , is hostile to ...
Page lxxix
... once amputation of the toe , to which Dryden would not consent ; and when the evil had spread over the leg , Hobbs again advised amputation of the limb , which the old man refused also . Death was then inevitable . The illness was short ...
... once amputation of the toe , to which Dryden would not consent ; and when the evil had spread over the leg , Hobbs again advised amputation of the limb , which the old man refused also . Death was then inevitable . The illness was short ...
Page 16
... once good days had seen : We thought our sires , not with their own content , Had , ere we came to age , our portion spent . Nor could our nobles hope their bold attempt Who ruined crowns would coronets exempt : For when , by their ...
... once good days had seen : We thought our sires , not with their own content , Had , ere we came to age , our portion spent . Nor could our nobles hope their bold attempt Who ruined crowns would coronets exempt : For when , by their ...
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