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" Even the grave and serious characters are distinguished by their several sorts of gravity, their discourses are such as belong to their age, their calling and their breeding — such as are becoming of them and of them only. "
Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ... - Page 194
by John Bell - 1782
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Fables Antient and Modern: Translated Into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace ...

John Dryden - Fables - 1713 - 614 pages
...grave and ferious Characters are diitinguiuYd by their feveral forts of Gravity : Their Difcourles are fuch as belong to their Age, their Calling, and...them only. Some of his Perfons are Vicious, and fome Virtuous ; fome are unlearn'd, or (as Chaucer calls them) Lewd, and fome are Learn'd. Even the Ribaldry...
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 3

John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...grave and lerious characters are diftin^uifhed by their feveral forts of gravity : their diicouries are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous ; fome are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and forne are learned. Even the ribaldry...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ..., Volume 3

Biography - 1761 - 614 pages
...grave " and ferious characters are diftinguifhed by their feveral " forts of gravity: their difcourfes are fuch, as belong to " their age, their calling, and their breeding; fuch as arebe" coming of diem, and of them only. Some of his per" fans " fons are vicious and fome virtuous;...
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A new and general biographical dictionary, Volume 3

New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 600 pages
...'< and ferious characters are diftinguifhed by their feveral " forts of gravity : their difcourfes are fuch, as belong to " their age, their calling, and their breeding; fiich as are be" coming of them, and of then* only. Some of his per" fons are vicious and fome virtuous...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 392 pages
...grave and ferious characters are diftinguifhed by their feveral forts of gravity: their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous; fome are unfa 2 learned, learned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and Come are learned....
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British Biography; Or, An Accurate and Impartial Account of the Lives and ...

Joseph Towers - Bio-bibliography - 1773 - 498 pages
...grave and ferious charafters are diftinguimed by their feveral forts of gravity ; their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous ; fome are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the ribaldry...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 352 pages
...grave and ferious characters are diftinguimed by their feve:al forts of gravity : their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and...their Breeding ; fuch as are becoming of them, and of thenj only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous ; fome are unlearned, or (as Chaucer...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 360 pages
...gravity •• their diicourles are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and theirbreeding ; "breeding ; fuch as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and forae virtuous ; fome are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 15

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...gravity: their difcourles are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and their' breeding ; fi ch as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome virtuous ; fome are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and fome are learned. Even the ribaldry...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 356 pages
...grave and ferious charafters are diftinguifhed by their feveral forts of gravity : their dtfcourfes are fuch as belong to their age, their calling, and their breeding ; Breeding ; fuch as are becoming of them, and of them only. Some of his perfons are vicious, and fome...
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