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Introduction. List of Dryden's works. Epistle dedicatory of the Rival ladies ... - Page 80
by John Dryden - 1926
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Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...luckily : when " he defcribes c.ny thing, you more than fee it, you " feel it too. Thofe, who accufe him to have wanted " learning, give him the greater commendation : he " was naturally learned: he needed not the fpeftacles " of books to read nature; lie looked inwards, and " found her...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...' luckily: When he defcribes any Thing, you more 4 than fee it, you feel it too. Thofe who accufe ' him to have wanted Learning, give him the greater * Commendation: He was naturally learned: He * needed not the Spectacles of Books to read Na* ture ; he looked inwards, and found her...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The ...

William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...luckily : when M he defcribes any thing, you more than fee ir, you " feel it too; Thofe, who accufe him to have wanted " learning, give him the greater commendation: he «« was naturally learned : he needed not the fpedtacles «' of books to read nature; he looked inwards, and " found...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...luckily : when he defcribes any thing, you more tc than fee it, you feel it too. Thofe, who accufc tc him to have wanted learning, give him the greater " commendation : he was naturally learned : he " needed not the fpeftacles of books to read na" rure; he looked inwards, and found her...
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...laboriously, but luckily : when " he describes any thing, you more than see it, you " feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted " learning, give...him the greater commendation : he *' was naturally learned: he needed not the spectacles " of books to read nature ; he looked inwards, and " found her...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...but luckily : when he defcribes any thing, you more than fee it, you feel it too. Thofe, who accufe him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation ; he was naturally learned ; he needed not the fpectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there....
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pages
...but luckily : when he defcribes any thing, you more than fee it, you feel it too. Thofs who accufe him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned ; he needed not the fpectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwardi and found her there....
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 2

1797 - 522 pages
...hut luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than fee it, you feel it too. Thols who accufe him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned ; he needed not '.ht fpectacles of books to read nature ; h: looked inwards and found her there....
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Part 2

John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...Jonson ; a caution which proves decisively the wretched taste of the period when he wrote. feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there....
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Issue 2

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 pages
...Jonson ; a caution which proves decisively the wretched taste of the period when he wrote. fed it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards, and found her there....
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