The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the English Poets. With an Account of Their Writings, Volumen1A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor and F. Batley, 1723 - 490 páginas |
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... born , and brought a Slave to Rome , but was made free by his Patron Terent . Seneca , for his Wit , he having found the best Way of writing Comedy . The Plots of his Come- dies he borrow'd from the Greeks , the Four firft from the ...
... born , and brought a Slave to Rome , but was made free by his Patron Terent . Seneca , for his Wit , he having found the best Way of writing Comedy . The Plots of his Come- dies he borrow'd from the Greeks , the Four firft from the ...
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... born at a Place call'd Bardfa , not far from Leeds in Yorkshire ; being a part of the Eftate of Sir John Lewis , his Great Uncle by his Mother's Side . His Father being a younger Brother , his Affairs and Command in the Army carried him ...
... born at a Place call'd Bardfa , not far from Leeds in Yorkshire ; being a part of the Eftate of Sir John Lewis , his Great Uncle by his Mother's Side . His Father being a younger Brother , his Affairs and Command in the Army carried him ...
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... born ; Be kind to my Remains ; and oh defend , Against your Judgment , your departed Friend ! Let not th ' infulting Foe my Fame perfue ; But fhade thofe Lawrels which defcend to You : And take for Tribute what these Lines exprefs : You ...
... born ; Be kind to my Remains ; and oh defend , Against your Judgment , your departed Friend ! Let not th ' infulting Foe my Fame perfue ; But fhade thofe Lawrels which defcend to You : And take for Tribute what these Lines exprefs : You ...
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... born in London , in the Year 1618. He had his Education at Weft- minjer School , and Trinity College in Cambridge . He had an early , ripe and cafting Wit ; and great na- tural and improv'd Abilities . His early Inclina- tions to Poetry ...
... born in London , in the Year 1618. He had his Education at Weft- minjer School , and Trinity College in Cambridge . He had an early , ripe and cafting Wit ; and great na- tural and improv'd Abilities . His early Inclina- tions to Poetry ...
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... born in Ireland , but cer- tain it is that he liv'd a great part of his Time in that Kingdom . About the Year 1670 , he came over into England ; and understanding the French and Italian Languages perfectly well , he tranflated three ...
... born in Ireland , but cer- tain it is that he liv'd a great part of his Time in that Kingdom . About the Year 1670 , he came over into England ; and understanding the French and Italian Languages perfectly well , he tranflated three ...
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Página 234 - His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
Página 234 - Caesar did never wrong but with just cause;" and such like, which were ridiculous. But he redeemed his vices with his virtues. There was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned.
Página 234 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometime it was necessary he should be stopped.
Página 46 - I live a rent-charge on his providence: But you, whom every muse and grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born, Be kind to my remains; and oh defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue; But shade those laurels which descend to you: And take for tribute what these lines express; You merit more; nor could my love do less.
Página 227 - In. this kind of settlement he continued for some time, till an extravagance that he was guilty of forced him both out of his country, and that way of living which he had taken up ; and...
Página 227 - ... in the world after a family manner, he thought fit to marry while he was yet very young. His wife was the daughter of one Hathaway, said to have been a substantial yeoman in the neighbourhood of Stratford.
Página 227 - Upon his leaving School, he seems to have given intirely into that way of Living which his Father propos'd to him; and in order to settle in the World after a Family manner, he thought fit to marry while he was yet very Young.
Página 46 - Great Jonson did by strength of judgment please ; Yet, doubling Fletcher's force, he wants his ease. In differing talents both adorn'd their age ; One for the study, t'other for the stage. But both to Congreve justly shall submit, One match'd in judgment, both o'ermatch'd in wit. In him all beauties of this age we see, Etherege his courtship, Southern's purity, The satire, wit, and strength of manly Wycherley.
Página 76 - I may say very peculiar to him, which is, that his parts did not decline with his years, but that he was an improving writer to his last, even to near seventy years of age, improving even in fire and imagination, as well as in judgment; witness his Ode on St Cecilia's Day, and his Fables, his latest performances.
Página 75 - He had something in his nature that abhorred intrusion into any society whatsoever. Indeed it is to be regretted that he was rather blameable in the other extreme ; for by that means he was personally less known, and consequently his character might become liable both to misapprehensions and misrepresentations.