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... Dedication to that play writes of witless courtiers who " treat wit like the common enemy . " 28 This combination of metaphors sharp- ens the irony of Mac Flecknoe's succession , an irony made devastatingly clear in Flecknoe's ...
... Dedication to that play writes of witless courtiers who " treat wit like the common enemy . " 28 This combination of metaphors sharp- ens the irony of Mac Flecknoe's succession , an irony made devastatingly clear in Flecknoe's ...
Page 70
... dedication to Sir Charles Sedley which Dryden prefixed to The Assignation when it was printed ( " Dedication " ) ; ( 2 ) Settle's letter dedicating The Empress of Morocco to the Earl of Norwich ( " Epistle " ) ; ( 3 ) the " Pre- face ...
... dedication to Sir Charles Sedley which Dryden prefixed to The Assignation when it was printed ( " Dedication " ) ; ( 2 ) Settle's letter dedicating The Empress of Morocco to the Earl of Norwich ( " Epistle " ) ; ( 3 ) the " Pre- face ...
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... Dedication " as the cause of the quarrel . It shows further , besides a simi- larity in style ( which there is no opportunity here to demonstrate in de- tail ) , a similarity in ideas between the " Dedication " and PP , particularly in ...
... Dedication " as the cause of the quarrel . It shows further , besides a simi- larity in style ( which there is no opportunity here to demonstrate in de- tail ) , a similarity in ideas between the " Dedication " and PP , particularly in ...
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