The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... stage ; com- pelled undoubtedly by necessity , for he appears ne- ver to have loved that exercise of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Or the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept possession for ...
... stage ; com- pelled undoubtedly by necessity , for he appears ne- ver to have loved that exercise of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Or the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept possession for ...
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... only been prosperous on the stage , but , in the confidence of success , had published his play , with sculptures and a preface of defiance . Here was one offence added to another ; and , for the last blast of inflammation , it 8 DRYDEN .
... only been prosperous on the stage , but , in the confidence of success , had published his play , with sculptures and a preface of defiance . Here was one offence added to another ; and , for the last blast of inflammation , it 8 DRYDEN .
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... mine ; and then relates how much labour he spends in fitting for the English stage what he borrows from others . n TYRANNICK Love , or the Virgin Matyr ( 1672 ) , was another tragedy in rhyme , conspicuous for many passages 14 DRYDEN .
... mine ; and then relates how much labour he spends in fitting for the English stage what he borrows from others . n TYRANNICK Love , or the Virgin Matyr ( 1672 ) , was another tragedy in rhyme , conspicuous for many passages 14 DRYDEN .
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... stage , against the opinion , as the author says , of the best judges . It is dedicat- ed , in a very elegant address , to Sir Charles Sedley ; in which he finds an opportunity for his usual com- plaint of hard treatment and ...
... stage , against the opinion , as the author says , of the best judges . It is dedicat- ed , in a very elegant address , to Sir Charles Sedley ; in which he finds an opportunity for his usual com- plaint of hard treatment and ...
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... stage . " With , Patons Who- m THE Duke of Guise , a tragedy ( 1683 ) , written in conjunction with Lee , as Edipus had been before , seems to deserve notice only for the offence which it gave to the remnant of the Covenanters , and in ...
... stage . " With , Patons Who- m THE Duke of Guise , a tragedy ( 1683 ) , written in conjunction with Lee , as Edipus had been before , seems to deserve notice only for the offence which it gave to the remnant of the Covenanters , and in ...
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