The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... called the Wild Gal- lant . He began with no happy auguries ; for his performance was so much disapproved , that he was compelled to recal it , and change it from its imper- fect state to the form in which it now appears , and which is ...
... called the Wild Gal- lant . He began with no happy auguries ; for his performance was so much disapproved , that he was compelled to recal it , and change it from its imper- fect state to the form in which it now appears , and which is ...
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... called indignation , and others jealousy ; but wrote upon the play and the dedication such criticism as malignant impatience could pour out in haste . Or Settle he gives this character : He's an animal of a most deplored understanding ...
... called indignation , and others jealousy ; but wrote upon the play and the dedication such criticism as malignant impatience could pour out in haste . Or Settle he gives this character : He's an animal of a most deplored understanding ...
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... called Almeria ? I mean under Montezuma the Indian Ems- peror . I protest and vow they are either the same , or so alike , that I cannot , for my heart , distinguish one from the other . You are therefore a strange un- conscionable ...
... called Almeria ? I mean under Montezuma the Indian Ems- peror . I protest and vow they are either the same , or so alike , that I cannot , for my heart , distinguish one from the other . You are therefore a strange un- conscionable ...
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... called the London : The goodly London in her gallant trim , The Phoenix - daughter of the vanquisht old , Like a rich bride does on the ocean swim , And on her shadow rides in floating gold , Her flag aloft spread ruffling in the wind ...
... called the London : The goodly London in her gallant trim , The Phoenix - daughter of the vanquisht old , Like a rich bride does on the ocean swim , And on her shadow rides in floating gold , Her flag aloft spread ruffling in the wind ...
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... called An Essay on Satire , was shewn about in manuscript ; by which the Earl of Roches- ter , the Duchess of Portsmouth , and others , were so much provoked , that , as was supposed ( for the ac- tors were never discovered ) , they ...
... called An Essay on Satire , was shewn about in manuscript ; by which the Earl of Roches- ter , the Duchess of Portsmouth , and others , were so much provoked , that , as was supposed ( for the ac- tors were never discovered ) , they ...
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