The Lives of the English Poets, Volumen2Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 páginas |
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... kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment , the plot is busy and intricate , and the events take hold on ...
... kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment , the plot is busy and intricate , and the events take hold on ...
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... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory ...
... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory ...
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... kind , this age has seen a most audacious example in the book entitled ' A Tale of a Tub . ' Had this writing been published in a pagan or popish nation , who are justly im- patient of all indignity offered to the established religion ...
... kind , this age has seen a most audacious example in the book entitled ' A Tale of a Tub . ' Had this writing been published in a pagan or popish nation , who are justly im- patient of all indignity offered to the established religion ...
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... kind , " A true and impartial History of the Conspiracy against King William , of glorious Memory , in the Year 1695. " This I have never seen , but suppose it at least compiled with integrity . He engaged likewise in theological ...
... kind , " A true and impartial History of the Conspiracy against King William , of glorious Memory , in the Year 1695. " This I have never seen , but suppose it at least compiled with integrity . He engaged likewise in theological ...
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... to the notice of the royal family . On the arrival of the Princess of Wales , he wrote a poem , and obtained so much favour , that both the Prince and Princess went to see U his " What d'ye call it , " a kind GAY . 53.
... to the notice of the royal family . On the arrival of the Princess of Wales , he wrote a poem , and obtained so much favour , that both the Prince and Princess went to see U his " What d'ye call it , " a kind GAY . 53.
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