The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who imme- diately made him one of the commissioners for licensing coaches , and soon ...
... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who imme- diately made him one of the commissioners for licensing coaches , and soon ...
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... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who imme- diately made him one of the commissioners for licensing coaches , and soon ...
... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who imme- diately made him one of the commissioners for licensing coaches , and soon ...
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... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often rea- sons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with closeness . This is a skill which Pope might have condescended ...
... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often rea- sons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with closeness . This is a skill which Pope might have condescended ...
Pàgina 44
... allowed to the author of a new species of composition , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the ballad opera ; a mode of comedy which at first was supposed to delight only by its novelty , but has now , by the ...
... allowed to the author of a new species of composition , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the ballad opera ; a mode of comedy which at first was supposed to delight only by its novelty , but has now , by the ...
Pàgina 45
... allowed all that it claims ; it is sprightly , various , and pleasant . The subject is of that kind which Gay was by nature qualified to adorn ; yet some of his decorations may be justly wished away . An honest black- smith might have ...
... allowed all that it claims ; it is sprightly , various , and pleasant . The subject is of that kind which Gay was by nature qualified to adorn ; yet some of his decorations may be justly wished away . An honest black- smith might have ...
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