The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... wrote are not distinguished . THE Indian Emperor was published in 1667. It is a tragedy in rhyme , intended for a ... wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dex- terity ...
... wrote are not distinguished . THE Indian Emperor was published in 1667. It is a tragedy in rhyme , intended for a ... wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dex- terity ...
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... wrote upon the play and the dedication such criticism as malignant impatience could pour out in haste . Or Settle he gives this character : He's an animal of a most deplored understanding , without reading and conversation . His being ...
... wrote upon the play and the dedication such criticism as malignant impatience could pour out in haste . Or Settle he gives this character : He's an animal of a most deplored understanding , without reading and conversation . His being ...
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... wrote a vindication of his own lines ; and , if he is forced to yield any thing , makes his reprisals upon his enemy . To say that his answer is equal to the censure , is no high commendation . To expose Dry- den's method of analysing ...
... wrote a vindication of his own lines ; and , if he is forced to yield any thing , makes his reprisals upon his enemy . To say that his answer is equal to the censure , is no high commendation . To expose Dry- den's method of analysing ...
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... wrote for himself : ' the rest were given to the people . It is by universal consent accounted the work in which he has admitted the fewest improprieties of style or charac- ter ; but it has one fault equal to many , though ra- ther ...
... wrote for himself : ' the rest were given to the people . It is by universal consent accounted the work in which he has admitted the fewest improprieties of style or charac- ter ; but it has one fault equal to many , though ra- ther ...
Pàgina 32
... wrote , he was at least once suspected of writing more ; for , in 1679 , a pa- per of 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 ...
... wrote , he was at least once suspected of writing more ; for , in 1679 , a pa- per of 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 ...
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