The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... considered , it is indeed a very won- derful performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by mr . Dryden , mr . Southern , and mr . Maynwaring ...
... considered , it is indeed a very won- derful performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by mr . Dryden , mr . Southern , and mr . Maynwaring ...
Pàgina 3
... considered , it is indeed a very won- derful performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by mr . Dryden , mr . Southern , and mr . Maynwaring ...
... considered , it is indeed a very won- derful performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old ; and was then recommended by mr . Dryden , mr . Southern , and mr . Maynwaring ...
Pàgina 5
... considered as an entertainment not lawful to Christians , an opinion held by them in common with the church of Rome ; and Prynne published Histrio- mastix , a huge volume , in which stage - plays were censured . The outrages and crimes ...
... considered as an entertainment not lawful to Christians , an opinion held by them in common with the church of Rome ; and Prynne published Histrio- mastix , a huge volume , in which stage - plays were censured . The outrages and crimes ...
Pàgina 8
... considered rather as a man of fashion than of wit ; and , when he received a visit from Voltaire , disgusted him by the despicable foppery of desiring to be considered not as an author but a gentleman ; to which the Frenchman re- plied ...
... considered rather as a man of fashion than of wit ; and , when he received a visit from Voltaire , disgusted him by the despicable foppery of desiring to be considered not as an author but a gentleman ; to which the Frenchman re- plied ...
Pàgina 18
... considered the polite world as destitute of entertainment ; and , in concert with mr . Hughes , who wrote every third paper , published three times a week the Lay Monastery , founded on the supposition that some literary men , whose ...
... considered the polite world as destitute of entertainment ; and , in concert with mr . Hughes , who wrote every third paper , published three times a week the Lay Monastery , founded on the supposition that some literary men , whose ...
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