The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1James Sawers, 1818 - 1271 pàgines |
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... thought completely finished and fit for the stage , he solicited Mr. Fleet- wood , the manager of Drury - lane Theatre , to bring it out at his house ; but Mr. Fleetwood declined receiving it . Soon after he was employed by Mr. Cave ...
... thought completely finished and fit for the stage , he solicited Mr. Fleet- wood , the manager of Drury - lane Theatre , to bring it out at his house ; but Mr. Fleetwood declined receiving it . Soon after he was employed by Mr. Cave ...
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... thought he had written enough . " And so should I too , " replied the king , " if you had not written so well . " Johnson was highly pleased with his majesty's courteousness , and afterwards observed to a friend- " Sir , his manners are ...
... thought he had written enough . " And so should I too , " replied the king , " if you had not written so well . " Johnson was highly pleased with his majesty's courteousness , and afterwards observed to a friend- " Sir , his manners are ...
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... thought not very tedious or difficult , he bargained for two hundred guineas ; and was afterwards presented by the proprietors with one hundred pounds . In the selection of the poets he had no responsible concern ; but Blackmore , Watts ...
... thought not very tedious or difficult , he bargained for two hundred guineas ; and was afterwards presented by the proprietors with one hundred pounds . In the selection of the poets he had no responsible concern ; but Blackmore , Watts ...
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... thoughts upon phantoms of gallan- try . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in Miscellanea Aulica , ' a collection of papers published by Brown . These ...
... thoughts upon phantoms of gallan- try . Some of his letters to Mr. Bennet , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to December , in 1650 , are preserved in Miscellanea Aulica , ' a collection of papers published by Brown . These ...
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... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without * We are here to understand a continuation of Lucan's Pharsalia to the death of Julius Cæsar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who flourished in the reigns of ...
... thoughts of the ancients in their language ; Cowley , without * We are here to understand a continuation of Lucan's Pharsalia to the death of Julius Cæsar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who flourished in the reigns of ...
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