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 11
... fhould " fay thus , I will make my counterfeit fmiles lock " like a flattering stone - horse , which , being backed " with a trooper , does but gild the battle . " mistaken if nonfenfe is not here pretty thick " fown . Sure the poet ...
... fhould " fay thus , I will make my counterfeit fmiles lock " like a flattering stone - horse , which , being backed " with a trooper , does but gild the battle . " mistaken if nonfenfe is not here pretty thick " fown . Sure the poet ...
Pàgina 19
... fhould more fully treat of the virtues and faults of the English poets , who have written in the drama- tick , epick , or lyrick way . This promife was never formally performed ; but , with refpect to the dramatick writers , he has ...
... fhould more fully treat of the virtues and faults of the English poets , who have written in the drama- tick , epick , or lyrick way . This promife was never formally performed ; but , with refpect to the dramatick writers , he has ...
Pàgina 30
... feems afraid left his plan fhould be purloined , as , he fays hap- pened to him when he told it more plainly in his preface to Juvenal . The defign , " fays he , " you " you know is great , the ftory English , 30 DRYDEN .
... feems afraid left his plan fhould be purloined , as , he fays hap- pened to him when he told it more plainly in his preface to Juvenal . The defign , " fays he , " you " you know is great , the ftory English , 30 DRYDEN .
Pàgina 45
... fhould be , that he would go on " and finish his tranflation . By that it will ap- 66 pear , whether the English nation , which is the " most competent judge in this matter , has , upon “ the feeing our debate , pronounced in M. Va ...
... fhould be , that he would go on " and finish his tranflation . By that it will ap- 66 pear , whether the English nation , which is the " most competent judge in this matter , has , upon “ the feeing our debate , pronounced in M. Va ...
Pàgina 48
... fhould employ her last efforts to " justify the ufurpations of the Hind . " Next year the nation was fummoned to cele . brate the birth of the Prince . Now was the time for Dryden to roufe his imagination , and ftrain his voice . Happy ...
... fhould employ her last efforts to " justify the ufurpations of the Hind . " Next year the nation was fummoned to cele . brate the birth of the Prince . Now was the time for Dryden to roufe his imagination , and ftrain his voice . Happy ...
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