The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing there- fore can be known beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 ...
... given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing there- fore can be known beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. thority is given . Such a fortune ought to have se- cured him from that poverty which seems always to have oppressed him ; or , if he had wasted it , to have made him ashamed of ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. thority is given . Such a fortune ought to have se- cured him from that poverty which seems always to have oppressed him ; or , if he had wasted it , to have made him ashamed of ...
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... given to the audience by printed bills , distributed at the door ; an expedient supposed to be ridiculed in the Rehearsal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to instil into the audience some con- ception of his plot . In ...
... given to the audience by printed bills , distributed at the door ; an expedient supposed to be ridiculed in the Rehearsal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to instil into the audience some con- ception of his plot . In ...
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... given Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ( 1668 ) , is a tra- gi - comedy . In the preface he discusses a curious question , whether a poet can judge well of his own productions ? and ...
... given Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ( 1668 ) , is a tra- gi - comedy . In the preface he discusses a curious question , whether a poet can judge well of his own productions ? and ...
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... game as these breasts ! You cannot stir , but flush a sphere , start a character , or unkennel an orb ! " SETTLE'S is said to have been the first play embel- lished with sculptures ; those ornaments seem to have given 12 DRYDEN .
... game as these breasts ! You cannot stir , but flush a sphere , start a character , or unkennel an orb ! " SETTLE'S is said to have been the first play embel- lished with sculptures ; those ornaments seem to have given 12 DRYDEN .
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