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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... of Tichmerfh ; who was the third fon of Sir Erafmus Dryden , Ba- ronet , of Canons Ashby . All these places are in Northamptonshire ; but the original VOL . II . stock B ftock of the family was in the county of Huntingdon [ 1 ]
... of Tichmerfh ; who was the third fon of Sir Erafmus Dryden , Ba- ronet , of Canons Ashby . All these places are in Northamptonshire ; but the original VOL . II . stock B ftock of the family was in the county of Huntingdon [ 1 ]
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... these particulars no authority is given . Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which seems always to have oppreffed him ; or if he had wafted it , to have made him ashamed of pub- lishing his neceffities . But ...
... these particulars no authority is given . Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which seems always to have oppreffed him ; or if he had wafted it , to have made him ashamed of pub- lishing his neceffities . But ...
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... complain . In the Life of Plu- tarch he mentions his education in the Col- lege with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Oxford , he has these lines : B 2 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name fhall be Than his DRY D E N. 3.
... complain . In the Life of Plu- tarch he mentions his education in the Col- lege with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Oxford , he has these lines : B 2 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name fhall be Than his DRY D E N. 3.
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... these two powerful minds was , that to Shakspeare's monster Caliban is added a fifter - monster . Sicorax ; and a woman , who , in the original play , had never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never seen a ...
... these two powerful minds was , that to Shakspeare's monster Caliban is added a fifter - monster . Sicorax ; and a woman , who , in the original play , had never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never seen a ...
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... these two " lines aboard fome fmack in a ftorm , and , " being fea - fick , fpewed up a good lump " of clotted nonsense at once . " Here is perhaps a fufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been thought ...
... these two " lines aboard fome fmack in a ftorm , and , " being fea - fick , fpewed up a good lump " of clotted nonsense at once . " Here is perhaps a fufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been thought ...
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