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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 11

Note 141 — PALAMON AND ARCITE.

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Our author is guilty of the same extravagant idea in the "Astræa Redux:"

It is no longer motion cheats your view; As you meet it, the land approacheth you.

For which he is deservedly censured by Dr Johnson.

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