The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... soon after the Restoration , as it seems , by the Earl of Orrery , in compliance with the opin ion of Charles the Second , who had formed his taste by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring ...
... soon after the Restoration , as it seems , by the Earl of Orrery , in compliance with the opin ion of Charles the Second , who had formed his taste by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring ...
Pàgina 35
... Soon after the accession of King James , when the design of reconciling the nation to the Church of Rome became apparent , and the religion of the court gave the only efficacious title to its favours , Dryden declared himself a convert ...
... Soon after the accession of King James , when the design of reconciling the nation to the Church of Rome became apparent , and the religion of the court gave the only efficacious title to its favours , Dryden declared himself a convert ...
Pàgina 37
... soon as my Re- flections appeared , he discontinued his labour , find- ing the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is recovered by his Answer , he will perhaps go on with his translation ; and this may be , for aught I ...
... soon as my Re- flections appeared , he discontinued his labour , find- ing the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is recovered by his Answer , he will perhaps go on with his translation ; and this may be , for aught I ...
Pàgina 45
... by his desire kneeled also ; and the lady , being under a sudden surprize , fainted away . As soon as she recovered her speech , she cried No , no . Enough , gentlemen , re- plied he ; my lady is very good , she DRYDEN . 45.
... by his desire kneeled also ; and the lady , being under a sudden surprize , fainted away . As soon as she recovered her speech , she cried No , no . Enough , gentlemen , re- plied he ; my lady is very good , she DRYDEN . 45.
Pàgina 73
... soon free his mind from the ambition of forced conceits . In his verses on the Restoration , he says of the King's exile , He , toss'd by Fate Could taste no sweets of youth's desired age , But found his life too true a pilgrimage . And ...
... soon free his mind from the ambition of forced conceits . In his verses on the Restoration , he says of the King's exile , He , toss'd by Fate Could taste no sweets of youth's desired age , But found his life too true a pilgrimage . And ...
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