The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... occasion , or is dic- tated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and the ladies ; or easy and common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swaggering coward ...
... occasion , or is dic- tated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and the ladies ; or easy and common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swaggering coward ...
Pàgina 3
... occasion , or is dic- tated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and the ladies ; or easy and common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swaggering coward ...
... occasion , or is dic- tated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and the ladies ; or easy and common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swaggering coward ...
Pàgina 17
... occasion . Jacob says , " it is cor- rected and revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . 66 From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a poem ...
... occasion . Jacob says , " it is cor- rected and revised for another impression ; " but the labour of revision was thrown away . 66 From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters ; and wrote a poem ...
Pàgina 45
... occasion ; for who can much delight in the echo of an unnatural fiction ? Dione is a counterpart to Amynta , and Pastor Fido , and other trifles of the same kind , easily imitated , and unwor- thy of imitation . What the Italians call ...
... occasion ; for who can much delight in the echo of an unnatural fiction ? Dione is a counterpart to Amynta , and Pastor Fido , and other trifles of the same kind , easily imitated , and unwor- thy of imitation . What the Italians call ...
Pàgina 60
... things ; that Tickell could not have been busied in so long a work there without his know- ing something of the matter ; and that he had never heard a single word of it till on this occasion . 60 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... things ; that Tickell could not have been busied in so long a work there without his know- ing something of the matter ; and that he had never heard a single word of it till on this occasion . 60 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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