The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 3C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, 1782 |
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Pàgina 14
... use of it , once for all , upon you ; " this occafion , and convince him thoroughly , " that we must give a different turn to our " parliament and our people , according to " their refolution at this crifis . " Prior's public dignity ...
... use of it , once for all , upon you ; " this occafion , and convince him thoroughly , " that we must give a different turn to our " parliament and our people , according to " their refolution at this crifis . " Prior's public dignity ...
Pàgina 38
... uses Triplets and Alexandrines without fcruple , In his Preface to Solomon he proposes some improvements , by extending the fenfe from one couplet to another , with variety of pauses . This he has attempted , but without fuccefs ; his ...
... uses Triplets and Alexandrines without fcruple , In his Preface to Solomon he proposes some improvements , by extending the fenfe from one couplet to another , with variety of pauses . This he has attempted , but without fuccefs ; his ...
Pàgina 51
... use of evey term of contumely and contempt ; but he has the fword with- out the arm of Scanderbeg ; he has his anta- gonist's coarsenefs , but not his ftrength . Col- lier replied ; for conteft was his delight , he was not to be ...
... use of evey term of contumely and contempt ; but he has the fword with- out the arm of Scanderbeg ; he has his anta- gonist's coarsenefs , but not his ftrength . Col- lier replied ; for conteft was his delight , he was not to be ...
Pàgina 52
... use for the defence or palliation of single paffages , the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned . It is acknowledged , with univerfal conviction , that the perufal of his works will make no man better ; and ...
... use for the defence or palliation of single paffages , the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned . It is acknowledged , with univerfal conviction , that the perufal of his works will make no man better ; and ...
Pàgina 71
... use , I doubt not but he believed , for I hold him to have been very honeft ; but he might eafily make a false estimate of his own importance : thofe whom their virtue reftrains from deceiving others , are often difpofed by their vanity ...
... use , I doubt not but he believed , for I hold him to have been very honeft ; but he might eafily make a false estimate of his own importance : thofe whom their virtue reftrains from deceiving others , are often difpofed by their vanity ...
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