The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
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... excellence , that , for half a year be- fore 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 pro- cured him the patronage of Halifax , who ...
... excellence , that , for half a year be- fore 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 pro- cured him the patronage of Halifax , who ...
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... excellence , which he supposed to consist in gay re- marks and unexpected answers ; but that which he endeavoured , he seldom failed of performing . His scenes exhibit not much of hu- mour , imagery , or passion : his personages are a ...
... excellence , which he supposed to consist in gay re- marks and unexpected answers ; but that which he endeavoured , he seldom failed of performing . His scenes exhibit not much of hu- mour , imagery , or passion : his personages are a ...
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... excellence to the original position , the fundamental principle of wisdom and of virtue . " As the heroic poems of Blackmore are now little read , it is thought proper to insert , as a specimen from ' Prince Arthur , ' the song of Mopas ...
... excellence to the original position , the fundamental principle of wisdom and of virtue . " As the heroic poems of Blackmore are now little read , it is thought proper to insert , as a specimen from ' Prince Arthur , ' the song of Mopas ...
Pàgina 71
... excellence of its morality , as a piece that placed vices of all kinds in the strongest and most odious light ; " but others , and among them Dr. Herring , afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury , censured it as giving encouragement not ...
... excellence of its morality , as a piece that placed vices of all kinds in the strongest and most odious light ; " but others , and among them Dr. Herring , afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury , censured it as giving encouragement not ...
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... excellence with the honours due to another . From him whom we reverence for his beneficence we do not willingly with- hold the praise of genius ; a man of exalted merit becomes at once 15 And was privately buried in a vault under the ...
... excellence with the honours due to another . From him whom we reverence for his beneficence we do not willingly with- hold the praise of genius ; a man of exalted merit becomes at once 15 And was privately buried in a vault under the ...
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