The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volumen21783 |
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... least secure of being heard , whatever might be the final determination of the public . His first piece was a comedy called the Wild Gallant . He began with no happy au- guries ;. for his performance was so much dif- approved , that he ...
... least secure of being heard , whatever might be the final determination of the public . His first piece was a comedy called the Wild Gallant . He began with no happy au- guries ;. for his performance was so much dif- approved , that he ...
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... least happy ; " and as his fancy was quick , so likewise were the products of it remote and new . " He borrowed not of any other , and his " imaginations were fuch as could not easily " " enter into other man . " 66 any The effect ...
... least happy ; " and as his fancy was quick , so likewise were the products of it remote and new . " He borrowed not of any other , and his " imaginations were fuch as could not easily " " enter into other man . " 66 any The effect ...
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... least for fome time , and he maintains it in the dedication of this play , that the drama required an al- ternation of comick and tragick fcenes , and that it is neceffary to mitigate by allevia- tions of merriment the preffure of ponde ...
... least for fome time , and he maintains it in the dedication of this play , that the drama required an al- ternation of comick and tragick fcenes , and that it is neceffary to mitigate by allevia- tions of merriment the preffure of ponde ...
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... least , that fuch diligence with fuch abilities must have fet penury at defiance . But in Dry- den's time the drama was very far from that univerfal approbation which it has now ob- tained . The playhouse was abhorred by the Puritans ...
... least , that fuch diligence with fuch abilities must have fet penury at defiance . But in Dry- den's time the drama was very far from that univerfal approbation which it has now ob- tained . The playhouse was abhorred by the Puritans ...
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... least once fufpected of writing more ; for in 1679 a paper of verses , called an Essay on Satire , was fhewn about in manuscript , by which the earl of Rochester , the dutchess of Portsmouth , and others , were so much pro- voked , that ...
... least once fufpected of writing more ; for in 1679 a paper of verses , called an Essay on Satire , was fhewn about in manuscript , by which the earl of Rochester , the dutchess of Portsmouth , and others , were so much pro- voked , that ...
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