The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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... better done , and let Dodsley have his desire . " His fortunate pupil Garrick having in the course of this year become joint patentee and manager of Drury - lane Theatre , Johnson furnished him with a prologue at the opening of it ...
... better done , and let Dodsley have his desire . " His fortunate pupil Garrick having in the course of this year become joint patentee and manager of Drury - lane Theatre , Johnson furnished him with a prologue at the opening of it ...
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... better man in England . ' He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
... better man in England . ' He is represented by Dr. Sprat as the most amiable of mankind ; and this posthumous praise may safely be credited , as it has never been contradicted by envy or by faction . Such are the remarks and memorials ...
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... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry rεxon untin , an imitative art , these writers ...
... better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so imperfect , that they were only found to be verses by counting the syllables . If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry rεxon untin , an imitative art , these writers ...
Pàgina 35
... fortunes without gain imported be , Such mighty custom's paid to thee ; For joy , like wine kept close , does better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that tra- vels COWLEY . 3235.
... fortunes without gain imported be , Such mighty custom's paid to thee ; For joy , like wine kept close , does better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that tra- vels COWLEY . 3235.
Pàgina 36
... better claim : Our two souls , therefore , which are one , Though I must go , ' endure not yet A breach , but an expansion , Like gold to airy thinness beat . If they be two , they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul ...
... better claim : Our two souls , therefore , which are one , Though I must go , ' endure not yet A breach , but an expansion , Like gold to airy thinness beat . If they be two , they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul ...
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