The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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Pàgina 10
... less pertinent and agreeable . His Phædra is a consummate tragedy , and the success of it was as great as the most sanguine ex- pectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of filling ...
... less pertinent and agreeable . His Phædra is a consummate tragedy , and the success of it was as great as the most sanguine ex- pectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of filling ...
Pàgina 12
... less men than Shakspeare and Jonson ) , is clear from hence ; because he left his works to the entire dis- posal of his friends , whose most rigorous censures he even courted and solicited , submitting to their animadversions , and the ...
... less men than Shakspeare and Jonson ) , is clear from hence ; because he left his works to the entire dis- posal of his friends , whose most rigorous censures he even courted and solicited , submitting to their animadversions , and the ...
Pàgina 17
... less notorious . At Ox- ford , as we all know , much will be forgiven to literary merit ; and of that he had exhibited suf- ficient evidence by his excellent ode on the death . of the great orientalist , Dr. Pocock , who died in 1691 ...
... less notorious . At Ox- ford , as we all know , much will be forgiven to literary merit ; and of that he had exhibited suf- ficient evidence by his excellent ode on the death . of the great orientalist , Dr. Pocock , who died in 1691 ...
Pàgina 22
... less power . Having formed his plan and collected materials , he declared that a few months would complete his design ; and , that he might pursue his work with less frequent avocations , he was , in June , 1710 , invited by Mr. George ...
... less power . Having formed his plan and collected materials , he declared that a few months would complete his design ; and , that he might pursue his work with less frequent avocations , he was , in June , 1710 , invited by Mr. George ...
Pàgina 52
... of the Hymn to Contentment I suspect to have been borrowed from Cleiveland . The general character of Parnell is not great extent of comprehension , or fertility of mind . Of 1 His the little that appears still less is his 52 PARNELL .
... of the Hymn to Contentment I suspect to have been borrowed from Cleiveland . The general character of Parnell is not great extent of comprehension , or fertility of mind . Of 1 His the little that appears still less is his 52 PARNELL .
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