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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... reader a parti- cular remark . Having gone through the first act , he says , " To conclude this act with " the most rumbling piece of nonfenfe " spoken yet , 66 " To flattering lightning our feign'd fmiles " conform , " Which back'd ...
... reader a parti- cular remark . Having gone through the first act , he says , " To conclude this act with " the most rumbling piece of nonfenfe " spoken yet , 66 " To flattering lightning our feign'd fmiles " conform , " Which back'd ...
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... readers , that he must have improved his fortune ; at 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 ...
... readers , that he must have improved his fortune ; at 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 ...
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... who con verfed with Dryden , relates that he regretted the fuccefs of his own inftructions , and found his readers made fuddenly too fkilful to be eafily fatisfied . 1 C His prologues had fuch reputation , that for 9 His 48 DRYDEN ,
... who con verfed with Dryden , relates that he regretted the fuccefs of his own inftructions , and found his readers made fuddenly too fkilful to be eafily fatisfied . 1 C His prologues had fuch reputation , that for 9 His 48 DRYDEN ,
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... readers to the poem . There is no need to enquire why those verses were read , which , to all the attractions of wit , elegance , and harmony , added the co- operation of all the factious paffions , and filled every mind with triumph or ...
... readers to the poem . There is no need to enquire why those verses were read , which , to all the attractions of wit , elegance , and harmony , added the co- operation of all the factious paffions , and filled every mind with triumph or ...
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... reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his fchemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been fome time , as he tells us , a cripple in his limbs ...
... reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his fchemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been fome time , as he tells us , a cripple in his limbs ...
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