The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 588 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... court was not his only mor- tification ; having , by fuch alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old Comedy of the Guardian " for the ftage , he produced it under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman - ftreet + . " It was treated ...
... court was not his only mor- tification ; having , by fuch alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old Comedy of the Guardian " for the ftage , he produced it under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman - ftreet + . " It was treated ...
Pàgina 15
... court , Making apologies for his bad play ; Every one gave him fo good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could fay ; Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly ; Writ verfes ...
... court , Making apologies for his bad play ; Every one gave him fo good a report , That Apollo gave heed to all he could fay ; Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done fome notable folly ; Writ verfes ...
Pàgina 18
... court to temporary prejudices , has beep at one time too much praifed , and too much ne- glected at another , Wit , like all other things fubject by their nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different ...
... court to temporary prejudices , has beep at one time too much praifed , and too much ne- glected at another , Wit , like all other things fubject by their nature to the choice of man , has its changes and fashions , and at different ...
Pàgina 32
... court with ftars , and doth prevent In light and power , the all - ey'd firmament : Firft her eye kindles other ladies ' eyes , Then from their beams their jewels luftres rife ; And from their jewels torches do take fire , And all is ...
... court with ftars , and doth prevent In light and power , the all - ey'd firmament : Firft her eye kindles other ladies ' eyes , Then from their beams their jewels luftres rife ; And from their jewels torches do take fire , And all is ...
Pàgina 84
... court ladies , their grooms and mademoiselles . This is fufficiently peevith in a man , who , when he mentions his exile from the college , relates , with great luxuriance , the compenfation which the plea- fures of the theatre afford ...
... court ladies , their grooms and mademoiselles . This is fufficiently peevith in a man , who , when he mentions his exile from the college , relates , with great luxuriance , the compenfation which the plea- fures of the theatre afford ...
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