The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volum 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 |
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... favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased to be public ; he lived for himself and for his friends ...
... favour , that , being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased to be public ; he lived for himself and for his friends ...
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... favour- able . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he could touch the ground . It cannot be observed without wonder , that a mind so vigorous and fertile in ...
... favour- able . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he could touch the ground . It cannot be observed without wonder , that a mind so vigorous and fertile in ...
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... favour- able reception , at a time when literary curiosity was yet confined to particular classes of the nation . Such success naturally raised animosity ; and Dennis attacked it [ 1696 ] by a formal criticism , more tedious and ...
... favour- able reception , at a time when literary curiosity was yet confined to particular classes of the nation . Such success naturally raised animosity ; and Dennis attacked it [ 1696 ] by a formal criticism , more tedious and ...
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... favour they almost all courted , was his professed adversary . He had besides given them reason for resentment , as , in his preface to ' Prince Arthur , ' he had said of the dramatic writers almost all that was alleged afterwards by ...
... favour they almost all courted , was his professed adversary . He had besides given them reason for resentment , as , in his preface to ' Prince Arthur , ' he had said of the dramatic writers almost all that was alleged afterwards by ...
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... favour , and malice was weary of insulting . Of his four epic poems , the first had such reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the second was at least known enough to be ridiculed ; the two last had neither friends nor ...
... favour , and malice was weary of insulting . Of his four epic poems , the first had such reputation and popularity as enraged the critics ; the second was at least known enough to be ridiculed ; the two last had neither friends nor ...
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