The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... stage , than either in Rome or Athens ; and if she excels the Greek and Latin Phædra , I need not say she surpasses the French one , though embellished with whatever regular beauties and moving softness Racine him- self could give her ...
... stage , than either in Rome or Athens ; and if she excels the Greek and Latin Phædra , I need not say she surpasses the French one , though embellished with whatever regular beauties and moving softness Racine him- self could give her ...
Pàgina 22
... stage , with the story of Lady Jane Grey . It is not un- likely that his experience of the inefficacy and in- credibility of a mythological tale might determine him to choose an action from English history , at no great distance from ...
... stage , with the story of Lady Jane Grey . It is not un- likely that his experience of the inefficacy and in- credibility of a mythological tale might determine him to choose an action from English history , at no great distance from ...
Pàgina 62
... stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and pro- bably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once so interesting by the fable , and so delightful by the language . The story is domestick , and ...
... stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and pro- bably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once so interesting by the fable , and so delightful by the language . The story is domestick , and ...
Pàgina 64
... stage . His last tragedy ( 1715 ) was Lady Jane Grey . This subject had been chosen by Mr. Smith , whose papers were put into Rowe's hands such as he de- scribes them in his preface . This play has likewise sunk into oblivion . From ...
... stage . His last tragedy ( 1715 ) was Lady Jane Grey . This subject had been chosen by Mr. Smith , whose papers were put into Rowe's hands such as he de- scribes them in his preface . This play has likewise sunk into oblivion . From ...
Pàgina 65
... stage . Being by a competent fortune exempted from any necessity of combating his inclination , he never wrote in distress , and therefore does not appear to have ever written in haste . His works were finished to his own approbation ...
... stage . Being by a competent fortune exempted from any necessity of combating his inclination , he never wrote in distress , and therefore does not appear to have ever written in haste . His works were finished to his own approbation ...
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