The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... publick oc- casions . He probably considered , that he , who pro- posed to be an author , ought first to be a student . He obtained , whatever was the reason , no fellowship in the College . Why he was excluded cannot now be known , and ...
... publick oc- casions . He probably considered , that he , who pro- posed to be an author , ought first to be a student . He obtained , whatever was the reason , no fellowship in the College . Why he was excluded cannot now be known , and ...
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... publick candidate for fame , by pub- lishing Heroick Stanzas on the late Lord Protector ; which , compared with the verses of Sprat and Wal- ler on the same occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet ...
... publick candidate for fame , by pub- lishing Heroick Stanzas on the late Lord Protector ; which , compared with the verses of Sprat and Wal- ler on the same occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet ...
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... 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 was compelled to recal it , and change it from its imper- fect state to the form ...
... 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 was compelled to recal it , and change it from its imper- fect state to the form ...
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... publick with dramatick wonders , to exhibit in its highest elevation a theatrical meteor of incredible love and impossible valour , and to leave no room for a wilder flight to the extravagance of posterity . All the rays of romantick ...
... publick with dramatick wonders , to exhibit in its highest elevation a theatrical meteor of incredible love and impossible valour , and to leave no room for a wilder flight to the extravagance of posterity . All the rays of romantick ...
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... publick judgment must have been much improved ; and Swift , who conversed with Dry- den , relates that he regretted the success of his own instructions , and found his readers made suddenly too skilful to be easily satisfied . His ...
... publick judgment must have been much improved ; and Swift , who conversed with Dry- den , relates that he regretted the success of his own instructions , and found his readers made suddenly too skilful to be easily satisfied . His ...
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