The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... verses of Sprat and Wal- ler on the same occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . WHEN the King was restored , Dryden , like the other panegyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , ' or his ...
... verses of Sprat and Wal- ler on the same occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . WHEN the King was restored , Dryden , like the other panegyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , ' or his ...
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... verses roll , As if that rhyme and bombast lent a soul ; And with that soul they seem taught duty too ; To huffing words does humble nonsense bow , As if it would thy worthless worth enhance , To th ' lowest rank of fops thy praise ...
... verses roll , As if that rhyme and bombast lent a soul ; And with that soul they seem taught duty too ; To huffing words does humble nonsense bow , As if it would thy worthless worth enhance , To th ' lowest rank of fops thy praise ...
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... verses , and a critick . In this address Dryden gave the first hints of his intention to write an epick poem . He mentions his design in terms so obscure , that he seems afraid lest his plan should be purloined , as , he says , happened ...
... verses , and a critick . In this address Dryden gave the first hints of his intention to write an epick poem . He mentions his design in terms so obscure , that he seems afraid lest his plan should be purloined , as , he says , happened ...
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... that for some time a play was considered as less likely to be well received , if some of his verses did not introduce it . The price of a prologue was two guineas , till , be- ing asked to write one for Southern , he demanded 28 DRYDEN .
... that for some time a play was considered as less likely to be well received , if some of his verses did not introduce it . The price of a prologue was two guineas , till , be- ing asked to write one for Southern , he demanded 28 DRYDEN .
Pàgina 32
... verses , called An Essay on Satire , was shewn about in manuscript ; by which the Earl of Roches- ter , the Duchess of Portsmouth , and others , were so much provoked , that , as was supposed ( for the ac- tors were never discovered ) ...
... verses , called An Essay on Satire , was shewn about in manuscript ; by which the Earl of Roches- ter , the Duchess of Portsmouth , and others , were so much provoked , that , as was supposed ( for the ac- tors were never discovered ) ...
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