The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... writing and publishing is not always the same ; nor can the first editions be easily found , if even from them could be ... written , from the dates of some , those of others may be inferred ; and thus it may be collected , that in 1663 ...
... writing and publishing is not always the same ; nor can the first editions be easily found , if even from them could be ... written , from the dates of some , those of others may be inferred ; and thus it may be collected , that in 1663 ...
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... writing to a poet , he has interspersed many critical observations , of which some are common , and some perhaps ven ... written in quatrains , or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of ...
... writing to a poet , he has interspersed many critical observations , of which some are common , and some perhaps ven ... written in quatrains , or heroick stanzas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of ...
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... writing both for the theatre , were na- turally rivals . He was now so much distinguished , that in 1668 he succeeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureat . The salary of the laureat had been raised in favour of Jonson , by Charles ...
... writing both for the theatre , were na- turally rivals . He was now so much distinguished , that in 1668 he succeeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureat . The salary of the laureat had been raised in favour of Jonson , by Charles ...
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... 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 , in the confidence of success , had published ...
... 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 , in the confidence of success , had published ...
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... writing nonsense for them . Fools they will be in spite of him . His King , his two Em- presses , his Villain , and his Sub - villain , nay his Hero , have all a certain natural cast of the father- their folly was born and bred in them ...
... writing nonsense for them . Fools they will be in spite of him . His King , his two Em- presses , his Villain , and his Sub - villain , nay his Hero , have all a certain natural cast of the father- their folly was born and bred in them ...
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