The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Nichols and Son, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, 1800 |
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Pàgina 2
... fays , No comet need foretell his change drew on , Whofe corps might feem a conftellation . At the univerfity he does not appear to have been eager of poetical diftinction , or to have la- vifhed his early wit either on fictitious ...
... fays , No comet need foretell his change drew on , Whofe corps might feem a conftellation . At the univerfity he does not appear to have been eager of poetical diftinction , or to have la- vifhed his early wit either on fictitious ...
Pàgina 9
... fays he , " I found of fo quick " a fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in " which he could not fuddenly produce a thought " extremely pleafant and furprifing ; and thofe " first thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin pro- " verb ...
... fays he , " I found of fo quick " a fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in " which he could not fuddenly produce a thought " extremely pleafant and furprifing ; and thofe " first thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin pro- " verb ...
Pàgina 11
... fays , " To " conclude this act with the moft rumbling piece " of nonsense spoken yet , " To flattering lightning our feign'd fmiles conform , " Which back'd with thunder do but gild a storm . " " Conform a fmile to lightning , make a ...
... fays , " To " conclude this act with the moft rumbling piece " of nonsense spoken yet , " To flattering lightning our feign'd fmiles conform , " Which back'd with thunder do but gild a storm . " " Conform a fmile to lightning , make a ...
Pàgina 17
... fays , are in the hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of Beau- mont and Fletcher in Spanish Stories ; Jonfon only made them for himself . His criticifms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious and pro- found . He endeavours to ...
... fays , are in the hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of Beau- mont and Fletcher in Spanish Stories ; Jonfon only made them for himself . His criticifms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious and pro- found . He endeavours to ...
Pàgina 19
... gene- ral : " You do live , " fays he , " in as much igno- rance and darkness as you did in the womb : your writings are like a Jack - of - all trades shop ; 66 66 " they " they have a variety , but nothing of value DRYDEN . 19.
... gene- ral : " You do live , " fays he , " in as much igno- rance and darkness as you did in the womb : your writings are like a Jack - of - all trades shop ; 66 66 " they " they have a variety , but nothing of value DRYDEN . 19.
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