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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... lefs pertinent and agree- able . His Phædra is a confummate tragedy , and the fuccefs of it was as great as the most fanguine ex- pectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of ...
... lefs pertinent and agree- able . His Phædra is a confummate tragedy , and the fuccefs of it was as great as the most fanguine ex- pectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of ...
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... lefs notorious . At Oxford , as we all know , much will be forgiven to literary merit ; By his epitaph he appears to have been 42 years old when he died . He was confequently born in the year 1668. R. and and of that he had exhibited ...
... lefs notorious . At Oxford , as we all know , much will be forgiven to literary merit ; By his epitaph he appears to have been 42 years old when he died . He was confequently born in the year 1668. R. and and of that he had exhibited ...
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... lefs importunity , gave notice that he would publish the play without it . Now , therefore , it was written ; and Halifax expected the author with his book , and had prepared to reward him with a place of three hundred pounds a - year ...
... lefs importunity , gave notice that he would publish the play without it . Now , therefore , it was written ; and Halifax expected the author with his book , and had prepared to reward him with a place of three hundred pounds a - year ...
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... lefs power . Having formed his plan and collected materials , he declared that a few months would complete his defign ; and , that he might purfue his work with less frequent avocations , he was , in June , 1710 , invited by Mr. George ...
... lefs power . Having formed his plan and collected materials , he declared that a few months would complete his defign ; and , that he might purfue his work with less frequent avocations , he was , in June , 1710 , invited by Mr. George ...
Pàgina 52
... general character of Parnell is not great extent of comprehenfion , or fertility of mind . Of the little that appears fill lefs is his own . His praise must be be derived from the easy sweetness of his diction : 52 PARNEL L.
... general character of Parnell is not great extent of comprehenfion , or fertility of mind . Of the little that appears fill lefs is his own . His praise must be be derived from the easy sweetness of his diction : 52 PARNEL L.
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