The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whofe pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly fet him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whofe pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly fet him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
Pàgina 3
... written when he was ten years old ; and " Conftantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at fchool he produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not pub- lifhed till he had been fome time at ...
... written when he was ten years old ; and " Conftantia and Philetus , " written two years after . While he was yet at fchool he produced a comedy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not pub- lifhed till he had been fome time at ...
Pàgina 4
... written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . " Two ...
... written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . " Two ...
Pàgina 7
... written like thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable elegance , and to have known that the ...
... written like thofe of other men whofe minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable elegance , and to have known that the ...
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... written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of fatire , by which , fince it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - miffing Cowley came into the court , Making ...
... written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of fatire , by which , fince it was first introduced by Suckling , perhaps every generation of poets has been teazed . Savoy - miffing Cowley came into the court , Making ...
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