The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina xi
... person , his modesty , 155 - His sluggishness in conversation , 156 - The immorality of his dramas , 157 - Jeremy Collier , 157 - Blackmore , 158 - His agreement with Tonson for the Fables , 159- JOHN DRYDEN - continued . His belief in ...
... person , his modesty , 155 - His sluggishness in conversation , 156 - The immorality of his dramas , 157 - Jeremy Collier , 157 - Blackmore , 158 - His agreement with Tonson for the Fables , 159- JOHN DRYDEN - continued . His belief in ...
Pàgina xvi
... person , 413 - His peculiarities , 413 - His delight in artifice , 414 - His frugality , 414 - His admiration of the Great , 415 - His Letters , 416 - His intellectual character , 419 - His acquired knowledge , 420 - His genius , 421 ...
... person , 413 - His peculiarities , 413 - His delight in artifice , 414 - His frugality , 414 - His admiration of the Great , 415 - His Letters , 416 - His intellectual character , 419 - His acquired knowledge , 420 - His genius , 421 ...
Pàgina xix
... person , manners , disposition , and conversation are concerned . We do but name him , or open a book which he has ... persons to whom it relates , the quantity of miscel- laneous information and entertaining gossip which it brings ...
... person , manners , disposition , and conversation are concerned . We do but name him , or open a book which he has ... persons to whom it relates , the quantity of miscel- laneous information and entertaining gossip which it brings ...
Pàgina 6
... persons , enemies to the Muses . " • The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced itt under the title of ...
... persons , enemies to the Muses . " • The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced itt under the title of ...
Pàgina 11
... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shows his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In everything there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not ...
... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shows his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In everything there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not ...
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