The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volumen2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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... supposed to be ridiculed in the Rehearsal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to instill into the au- dience fome conception of his plot . In this play is the defcription of Night , which Rymer has made famous by prefer ...
... supposed to be ridiculed in the Rehearsal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to instill into the au- dience fome conception of his plot . In this play is the defcription of Night , which Rymer has made famous by prefer ...
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... supposed to have undertaken to tranflate Varillas's Hiftory of Herefies ; and when Burnet published Remarks upon it , to have written an Anfwer ; upon which Burnet makes the following obfervation : " I have been informed from England ...
... supposed to have undertaken to tranflate Varillas's Hiftory of Herefies ; and when Burnet published Remarks upon it , to have written an Anfwer ; upon which Burnet makes the following obfervation : " I have been informed from England ...
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... supposed that Dryden imputes his enmity to its true cause . Of Milbourne he wrote only in general terms , such as are always ready at the call of anger , whether juft or not : a fhort extract will be fufficient . He pretends a quarrel ...
... supposed that Dryden imputes his enmity to its true cause . Of Milbourne he wrote only in general terms , such as are always ready at the call of anger , whether juft or not : a fhort extract will be fufficient . He pretends a quarrel ...
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... supposed , that his fkill in the ancient languages was deficient , compared with that of common ftudents ; but his fcholaftick acquifitions seem not proportionate to his opportunities and abilities . He could not , like Milton or Cowley ...
... supposed , that his fkill in the ancient languages was deficient , compared with that of common ftudents ; but his fcholaftick acquifitions seem not proportionate to his opportunities and abilities . He could not , like Milton or Cowley ...
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... supposed to have blafted his genius , to have driven out his works in a state of immaturity , and to have intercepted the full - blown ele- gance which longer growth would have fupplied . Poverty , like other rigid powers , is fome ...
... supposed to have blafted his genius , to have driven out his works in a state of immaturity , and to have intercepted the full - blown ele- gance which longer growth would have fupplied . Poverty , like other rigid powers , is fome ...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volumen2 Samuel Johnson Vista completa - 1864 |
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