The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... tion . " It is written in quatrains , or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most majestick that the English language affords . Of this stanza he ...
... tion . " It is written in quatrains , or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most majestick that the English language affords . Of this stanza he ...
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... tion there - The birds will hop about . And then view the dark characters of sieges , ruins , murders , blood , and wars , in their orbs : Track the characters to their forms ! Oh ! rare sport for Jack ! Never was place so full of game ...
... tion there - The birds will hop about . And then view the dark characters of sieges , ruins , murders , blood , and wars , in their orbs : Track the characters to their forms ! Oh ! rare sport for Jack ! Never was place so full of game ...
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... tion by his mistress , and of prohibition from the dead . Yet the scenes are , for the most part , delightful ; they exhibit a kind of illustrious depravity , and ma- jestick madness , such as , if it is sometimes B 2 DRYDEN . 15.
... tion by his mistress , and of prohibition from the dead . Yet the scenes are , for the most part , delightful ; they exhibit a kind of illustrious depravity , and ma- jestick madness , such as , if it is sometimes B 2 DRYDEN . 15.
Pàgina 25
... , and without any particular rela- tion to the characters or incidents of the drama , are deservedly celebrated for their elegance and sprite- liness . VOL . II . C LIMBERHAM , or the Kind Keeper ( 1680 ) , DRYDEN . 25.
... , and without any particular rela- tion to the characters or incidents of the drama , are deservedly celebrated for their elegance and sprite- liness . VOL . II . C LIMBERHAM , or the Kind Keeper ( 1680 ) , DRYDEN . 25.
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... tion of Dryden , took Settle into his protection , and endeavoured to persuade the publick that its appro- bation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputation ; his Empress of Morocco , having first delighted ...
... tion of Dryden , took Settle into his protection , and endeavoured to persuade the publick that its appro- bation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputation ; his Empress of Morocco , having first delighted ...
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