The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... excellence , that , for half a year before it was acted , the manager 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 ...
... excellence , that , for half a year before it was acted , the manager 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 ...
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... excellence , that , for half a year before it was acted , the manager 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 ...
... excellence , that , for half a year before it was acted , the manager 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 ...
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... excellence , they are lost at once in the blaze of admiration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty- fifth year , before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence ...
... excellence , they are lost at once in the blaze of admiration , when it is remembered that he had produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty- fifth year , before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence ...
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... and artificial , with very little of nature , and not much of life . He formed a peculiar idea of comic excellence , which he supposed to P consist in gay remarks and unexpected answers ; but that LIVES OF THE POETS .
... and artificial , with very little of nature , and not much of life . He formed a peculiar idea of comic excellence , which he supposed to P consist in gay remarks and unexpected answers ; but that LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... excellence , that his character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation : - " The first I shall name is mr . Johnson , a gentleman that owes to nature excellent faculties ...
... excellence , that his character shall not be suppressed , though there is no great genius in the design , nor skill in the delineation : - " The first I shall name is mr . Johnson , a gentleman that owes to nature excellent faculties ...
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