The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be ...
... common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be ...
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... common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be ...
... common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it apparently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the passing world ; the difficulty therefore is , to conceive how this knowledge can be ...
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... common . Dryden calculated na- tivities ; both Cromwell and king William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no religion , was said to regard predictions . The Sailor is not account- ed very natural , but he ...
... common . Dryden calculated na- tivities ; both Cromwell and king William had their lucky days ; and Shaftesbury himself , though he had no religion , was said to regard predictions . The Sailor is not account- ed very natural , but he ...
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... common limits of nature than the plays of Congreve . About this time began the long - continued controversy between Collier and the poets . In the reign of Charles the first , the puritans had raised a violent clamour against the drama ...
... common limits of nature than the plays of Congreve . About this time began the long - continued controversy between Collier and the poets . In the reign of Charles the first , the puritans had raised a violent clamour against the drama ...
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... common . In his verses on lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's ode on mrs . Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ...
... common . In his verses on lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's ode on mrs . Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ...
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