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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... kind of Hiftory , the fucceffion of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Langbaine , as the best authority for his plays ; and , if I ...
... kind of Hiftory , the fucceffion of facts is not easily discovered ; and I am not without fufpicion that fome of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years . I have followed Langbaine , as the best authority for his plays ; and , if I ...
Pàgina vi
... kind- nefs of Mr. Steevens and others ; and great afsistance has been given me by Mr. Spence's Collections , of which I confider the communication as a favour worthy of publick acknowledgement . In the Edition of Beaumont and Fletcher ...
... kind- nefs of Mr. Steevens and others ; and great afsistance has been given me by Mr. Spence's Collections , of which I confider the communication as a favour worthy of publick acknowledgement . In the Edition of Beaumont and Fletcher ...
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... kind , which re- quires no acquaintance with the living world , and , therefore the time at which it was compofed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge + , * This Volume was not ...
... kind , which re- quires no acquaintance with the living world , and , therefore the time at which it was compofed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's minority . In 1636 , he was removed to Cambridge + , * This Volume was not ...
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... kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom rifen . Their thoughts are often new , but feldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they juft ; and the reader , far from wondering that he miffed them , wonders more frequently by ...
... kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom rifen . Their thoughts are often new , but feldom natural ; they are not obvious , but neither are they juft ; and the reader , far from wondering that he miffed them , wonders more frequently by ...
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... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of a very extenfive and various knowledge ; and by Jonfon , whofe manner refembled that of Donne ...
... kind of writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of a very extenfive and various knowledge ; and by Jonfon , whofe manner refembled that of Donne ...
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