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Page xi
... fame time , acknow- ledge his obligation to Mr. Addison , for giving him The Effay upon the Georgics , prefixed to Mr. Dryden's tranflation . Left the honour of fo exquifite a piece of criticism fhould hereafter be transferred to a ...
... fame time , acknow- ledge his obligation to Mr. Addison , for giving him The Effay upon the Georgics , prefixed to Mr. Dryden's tranflation . Left the honour of fo exquifite a piece of criticism fhould hereafter be transferred to a ...
Page xv
... mis - spent in fo elegant an em- ployment . I fhall conclude what I had to fay on this performance , by ob- ferving , that the fame of it increased from year to year , and the demand for copies 3 from The PREFACE . XV.
... mis - spent in fo elegant an em- ployment . I fhall conclude what I had to fay on this performance , by ob- ferving , that the fame of it increased from year to year , and the demand for copies 3 from The PREFACE . XV.
Page xix
... fame time , to which Mr. Addison wrote the Prologue . Sir Richard Steele furprized him with a very handfome dedication of this play , and has fince acquainted the publick , that he owed fome of the moft taking scenes of it to Mr. Ad ...
... fame time , to which Mr. Addison wrote the Prologue . Sir Richard Steele furprized him with a very handfome dedication of this play , and has fince acquainted the publick , that he owed fome of the moft taking scenes of it to Mr. Ad ...
Page xxii
... fame fpi- rit and ftrength , with which it was be- gun . It would have been impoffible for Mr. Addifon , who made little or no use of letters fent in by the nume- rous correfpondents of the Spectator , to have executed his large fhare ...
... fame fpi- rit and ftrength , with which it was be- gun . It would have been impoffible for Mr. Addifon , who made little or no use of letters fent in by the nume- rous correfpondents of the Spectator , to have executed his large fhare ...
Page xxiv
... fame of this Tragedy foon spread through Europe , and it has not only been tranflated , but acted in most of the languages of Christendom . The tran- flation of it into Italian , by Signor Salvini , is very well known ; but I have not ...
... fame of this Tragedy foon spread through Europe , and it has not only been tranflated , but acted in most of the languages of Christendom . The tran- flation of it into Italian , by Signor Salvini , is very well known ; but I have not ...
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