The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 1253 pàgines |
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... allowed , that he had been fingled out by fome great men to write a history ; which it was for their intereft to have done with the utmost art and dexterity . I fhall not mention for what rea- fons this defign was dropped , though they ...
... allowed , that he had been fingled out by fome great men to write a history ; which it was for their intereft to have done with the utmost art and dexterity . I fhall not mention for what rea- fons this defign was dropped , though they ...
Pàgina 92
... allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs. Porter long afterwards related , wandered through the whole ex- hibition behind the fcenes with reftlefs and unap- peafable folicitude . When it was printed , notice was given that ...
... allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs. Porter long afterwards related , wandered through the whole ex- hibition behind the fcenes with reftlefs and unap- peafable folicitude . When it was printed , notice was given that ...
Pàgina 149
... allowed . He had a quarrel with the earl of Rochefter , which he has perhaps too oftentatiously related , as Rochefter's furviving fifter , the lady Sandwich , is faid to have told him with very fharp reproaches . When another Dutch war ...
... allowed . He had a quarrel with the earl of Rochefter , which he has perhaps too oftentatiously related , as Rochefter's furviving fifter , the lady Sandwich , is faid to have told him with very fharp reproaches . When another Dutch war ...
Pàgina 187
... , he pronounced it fo wretchedly , that they had almost rejected it ; but they were afterwards fo well perfuaded of its excellence , that , for half a year year before it was acted , the manager allowed its CONGRE V E. 187.
... , he pronounced it fo wretchedly , that they had almost rejected it ; but they were afterwards fo well perfuaded of its excellence , that , for half a year year before it was acted , the manager allowed its CONGRE V E. 187.
Pàgina 188
... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been fo beneficial to the wri- ter ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who immediately made him one of the commif- fioners for licenfing coaches , and foon ...
... allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been fo beneficial to the wri- ter ; for it procured him the patronage of Halifax , who immediately made him one of the commif- fioners for licenfing coaches , and foon ...
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