The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... supposed to be ridiculed in the Rehearsal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to instil into the audience some con- ception of his plot . In this play is the description of Night , which Rymer has made famous by ...
... supposed to be ridiculed in the Rehearsal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to instil into the audience some con- ception of his plot . In this play is the description of Night , which Rymer has made famous by ...
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... 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 time the drama was very far from that * It was set to music by ...
... 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 time the drama was very far from that * It was set to music by ...
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... supposed to have been Dry- den's habitual phrases , or customary exclamations . Bayes , when he is to write , is blooded and purged ; • * The Conquest of Granada ' and The Rehearsal ' were pub- lished in 1672 ; The Assignation ' in 1673 ...
... supposed to have been Dry- den's habitual phrases , or customary exclamations . Bayes , when he is to write , is blooded and purged ; • * The Conquest of Granada ' and The Rehearsal ' were pub- lished in 1672 ; The Assignation ' in 1673 ...
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... supposed to have been suffi- ciently busied by the composition of eight - and - twenty pieces for the stage , Dryden found room in the same space for many other undertakings . But , how much soever he wrote , he was at least once ...
... supposed to have been suffi- ciently busied by the composition of eight - and - twenty pieces for the stage , Dryden found room in the same space for many other undertakings . But , how much soever he wrote , he was at least once ...
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... supposed that all the provocation given by Dryden would be endured without resis- tance or reply . Both his person and his party were exposed in their turns to the shafts of satire , which , though neither so well pointed , nor perhaps ...
... supposed that all the provocation given by Dryden would be endured without resis- tance or reply . Both his person and his party were exposed in their turns to the shafts of satire , which , though neither so well pointed , nor perhaps ...
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