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Dryden undoubtedly formed his diction by the usage of the court . The age was a very free - and - easy , not to say a very coarse one . Its coarseness was not external , like that of Elizabeth's day , but the outward mark of an inward ...
Dryden undoubtedly formed his diction by the usage of the court . The age was a very free - and - easy , not to say a very coarse one . Its coarseness was not external , like that of Elizabeth's day , but the outward mark of an inward ...
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Dryden in the drugget , with wig , lace ruffles , and sword super- imposed . It is the type of this curiously incongruous man . The first poem by which Dryden won a general acknowl- edgment of his power was the " Annus Mirabilis ...
Dryden in the drugget , with wig , lace ruffles , and sword super- imposed . It is the type of this curiously incongruous man . The first poem by which Dryden won a general acknowl- edgment of his power was the " Annus Mirabilis ...
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Dryden goes right to the rooted character of the man , to the weaknesses of his nature , as where he says of Burnet : 66 Prompt to assail , and careless of defence , Invulnerable in his impudence , He dares the world , and , eager of a ...
Dryden goes right to the rooted character of the man , to the weaknesses of his nature , as where he says of Burnet : 66 Prompt to assail , and careless of defence , Invulnerable in his impudence , He dares the world , and , eager of a ...
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LAURENCE Sterne | 1 |
METEORIC SHOWERS | 38 |
THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT IN ITALY | 51 |
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