The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
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... afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his admirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin ...
... afterwards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his admirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin ...
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... afterwards ( 1697 ) ' The Mourning Bride , ' a tragedy , so written as to show him sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to ...
... afterwards ( 1697 ) ' The Mourning Bride , ' a tragedy , so written as to show him sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to ...
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... afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises Dennis as equal to Boileau in poetry , and supe- rior to him in critical abilities . " He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and ...
... afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises Dennis as equal to Boileau in poetry , and supe- rior to him in critical abilities . " He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and ...
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... afterwards by Collier ; but Blackmore's censure was cold and general , Collier's was personal and ardent ; Blackmore taught his reader to dislike what Collier incited him to abhor.12 In his preface to ' King Arthur ' he endeavoured to ...
... afterwards by Collier ; but Blackmore's censure was cold and general , Collier's was personal and ardent ; Blackmore taught his reader to dislike what Collier incited him to abhor.12 In his preface to ' King Arthur ' he endeavoured to ...
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... afterwards gave him , which was Ursa Major . But it is not true , as has been reported , that it was in con- sequence of my saying that he was a constellation of genius and literature . - Boswell by Croker , p . 398 , ed . 1848 . " The ...
... afterwards gave him , which was Ursa Major . But it is not true , as has been reported , that it was in con- sequence of my saying that he was a constellation of genius and literature . - Boswell by Croker , p . 398 , ed . 1848 . " The ...
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