The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... 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 the house , are not always the surest 10 SMITH .
... 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 the house , are not always the surest 10 SMITH .
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... tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through several scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may ...
... tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through several scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may ...
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... tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the purpose , deserves regard . In this ...
... tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when to please the people is the purpose , deserves regard . In this ...
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... diligently committed it to paper . Thus it was that he had gathered two quires of hints for his new tragedy ; of which Rowe , when they were put into his hands , could make , as he says , very little use , but which the collector 24 SMITH .
... diligently committed it to paper . Thus it was that he had gathered two quires of hints for his new tragedy ; of which Rowe , when they were put into his hands , could make , as he says , very little use , but which the collector 24 SMITH .
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... tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he intended to cha- racterize King William , and Lewis the Fourteenth under Bajazet . The virtues of Tamerlane seem to have been arbitrarily assigned him by his ...
... tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he intended to cha- racterize King William , and Lewis the Fourteenth under Bajazet . The virtues of Tamerlane seem to have been arbitrarily assigned him by his ...
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