The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... reader a particular remark . Hav- ing gone through the first act , he says , To conclude this act with the most rumbling piece of nonsense spoken yet : 6 To flattering lightning our feign'd smiles conform , Which , back'd with thunder ...
... reader a particular remark . Hav- ing gone through the first act , he says , To conclude this act with the most rumbling piece of nonsense spoken yet : 6 To flattering lightning our feign'd smiles conform , Which , back'd with thunder ...
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... reader know , that it was contrived and written in seven weeks . Want of time was often his excuse , or per- haps shortness of time was his private boast in the form of an apology . It was written before the Conquest of Granada , but ...
... reader know , that it was contrived and written in seven weeks . Want of time was often his excuse , or per- haps shortness of time was his private boast in the form of an apology . It was written before the Conquest of Granada , but ...
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... readers , that he must have im- proved his fortune ; at 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 ...
... readers , that he must have im- proved his fortune ; at 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 ...
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... readers made suddenly too skilful to be easily satisfied . His prologues had such reputation , that for some time a play was considered as less likely to be well received , if some of his verses did not introduce it . The price of a ...
... readers made suddenly too skilful to be easily satisfied . His prologues had such reputation , that for some time a play was considered as less likely to be well received , if some of his verses did not introduce it . The price of a ...
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... readers to the poem . There is no need to inquire why those verses were read , which , to all the attractions of wit , elegance , and harmony , added the co - operation of all the factious passions , and filled every mind with tri ...
... readers to the poem . There is no need to inquire why those verses were read , which , to all the attractions of wit , elegance , and harmony , added the co - operation of all the factious passions , and filled every mind with tri ...
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