The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... least secure of being heard , whatever might be the final determination of the publick . His first piece was a comedy called the Wild Gal- lant . He began with no happy auguries ; for his performance was so much disapproved , that he ...
... least secure of being heard , whatever might be the final determination of the publick . His first piece was a comedy called the Wild Gal- lant . He began with no happy auguries ; for his performance was so much disapproved , that he ...
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... least happy ; and as his fancy was quick , so like- wise were the products of it remote and new . He borrowed not of any other ; and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man , e bag TAE effect produced by ...
... least happy ; and as his fancy was quick , so like- wise were the products of it remote and new . He borrowed not of any other ; and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man , e bag TAE effect produced by ...
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... - lick . -IT was Dryden's opinion , at least for some time , and he maintains it in the dedication of this play , that the drama required an alternation of comick and tra- gick scen 23 and that it is necessary to mitigate 22 DRYDEN .
... - lick . -IT was Dryden's opinion , at least for some time , and he maintains it in the dedication of this play , that the drama required an alternation of comick and tra- gick scen 23 and that it is necessary to mitigate 22 DRYDEN .
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... least , that such diligence with such abilities must have set penury at defiance . But in Dryden's time the drama was very far from that * It was set to music by Purcell , well received , and is yet a favourite entertainment . This ...
... least , that such diligence with such abilities must have set penury at defiance . But in Dryden's time the drama was very far from that * It was set to music by Purcell , well received , and is yet a favourite entertainment . This ...
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... least once suspected of writing more ; for , in 1679 , a pa- per of verses , 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 ...
... least once suspected of writing more ; for , in 1679 , a pa- per of verses , 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 ...
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