The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... hope , by the honeft defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the fuccef- fion 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 ...
... hope , by the honeft defire of giving useful pleasure . In this minute kind of History , the fuccef- fion 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 ...
Pàgina 2
... hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at leaft , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and juftly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay ...
... hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at leaft , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and juftly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment lay ...
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... hope , or the gloominefs of despair ; and dreffes his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis fometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and fome- times in gems lafting as her virtues . At Paris , as fecretary to lord Jermyn , he was engaged in ...
... hope , or the gloominefs of despair ; and dreffes his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis fometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and fome- times in gems lafting as her virtues . At Paris , as fecretary to lord Jermyn , he was engaged in ...
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... an eminent poet and hiftorian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I. and of whom a life is given in the Biogra phia Britannica . H. general general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; COWLEY . 13.
... an eminent poet and hiftorian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I. and of whom a life is given in the Biogra phia Britannica . H. general general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; COWLEY . 13.
Pàgina 14
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very te- diously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the Firft and Second ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. general hope , that great numbers were inevitably disappointed ; and Cowley found his reward very te- diously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the Firft and Second ...
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Æneid againſt anſwer appears becauſe cenfured Charles Dryden compofition confidered converfation Cowley criticifm defign defire delight diſcovered Donne Dryden eafily Earl elegance Engliſh expreffed expreffions fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon ftill ftudies ftyle fubject fuch fufficiently fupply fuppofed fure genius himſelf houfe houſe Hudibras itſelf John Dryden juft King labour laft leaft learning leaſt lefs lines Lord meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never NIHIL numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfon perhaps Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reafon reft Regifter reprefented rhyme ſeems thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion tragedy tranflation univerfity uſed verfe verfification verſes Virgil Waller whofe write written