The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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Pàgina 2
... appear to have been eager of poetical distinction , or to have lavished his early wit either on fictitious subjects or publick oc- casions . He probably considered , that he , who pro- posed to be an author , ought first to be a student ...
... appear to have been eager of poetical distinction , or to have lavished his early wit either on fictitious subjects or publick oc- casions . He probably considered , that he , who pro- posed to be an author , ought first to be a student ...
Pàgina 4
... appears ne- ver to have loved that exercise of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Or the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept possession for many years ; not indeed without the competition of ...
... appears ne- ver to have loved that exercise of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Or the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept possession for many years ; not indeed without the competition of ...
Pàgina 7
... appears a strange inconsisten but Langbaine affords some help , by relating that the answer to Ho- ward was not ... appear till 1668 , the same year in which the dialogue was published , there was time enough for enmity to grow up ...
... appears a strange inconsisten but Langbaine affords some help , by relating that the answer to Ho- ward was not ... appear till 1668 , the same year in which the dialogue was published , there was time enough for enmity to grow up ...
Pàgina 13
... appear , Thy words big bulks of boisterous bombast bear . With noise they move , and from players ' mouths re- bound , When their tongues dance to thy words ' empty sound , By thee inspir'd the rumbling verses roll , As if that rhyme ...
... appear , Thy words big bulks of boisterous bombast bear . With noise they move , and from players ' mouths re- bound , When their tongues dance to thy words ' empty sound , By thee inspir'd the rumbling verses roll , As if that rhyme ...
Pàgina 15
... appears . He fights without inquiring the cause , and loves in spite of the obligations of justice , of rejec tion by his mistress , and of prohibition from the dead . Yet the scenes are , for the most part , delightful ; they exhibit a ...
... appears . He fights without inquiring the cause , and loves in spite of the obligations of justice , of rejec tion by his mistress , and of prohibition from the dead . Yet the scenes are , for the most part , delightful ; they exhibit a ...
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