The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... success of the Empress of Morocco , a tragedy written in rhyme by Elkanah Settle ; which was so much applauded , as to make him think his supremacy of reputation in some danger . Settle had not only been prosperous on the stage , but ...
... success of the Empress of Morocco , a tragedy written in rhyme by Elkanah Settle ; which was so much applauded , as to make him think his supremacy of reputation in some danger . Settle had not only been prosperous on the stage , but ...
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... success it was performed , I have not found . THE State of Innocence and Fall of Man ( 1675 ) is termed by him an opera ; it is rather a tragedy in heroick rhyme , but of which the personages are such as cannot decently be exhibited on ...
... success it was performed , I have not found . THE State of Innocence and Fall of Man ( 1675 ) is termed by him an opera ; it is rather a tragedy in heroick rhyme , but of which the personages are such as cannot decently be exhibited on ...
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... success . FROM such a number of theatrical pieces , it will be supposed , by most 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 ...
... success . FROM such a number of theatrical pieces , it will be supposed , by most 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 ...
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... success of his own instructions , and found his 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 ...
... success of his own instructions , and found his 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 ...
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... success of every poetical or literary performance , and therefore he was engag- ed to contribute something , whatever it might be , to many publications . He prefixed the Life of Po- lybius to the translation of Sir Henry Sheers : and ...
... success of every poetical or literary performance , and therefore he was engag- ed to contribute something , whatever it might be , to many publications . He prefixed the Life of Po- lybius to the translation of Sir Henry Sheers : and ...
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