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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Pàgina 10
... paffion he was most fufceptible of , and whofe laws he looked upon as facred and inviolable . Every fubject that passed under his pen had all the life , proportion , and embellishments bestowed on it , which an exquifite fkill , a warm ...
... paffion he was most fufceptible of , and whofe laws he looked upon as facred and inviolable . Every fubject that passed under his pen had all the life , proportion , and embellishments bestowed on it , which an exquifite fkill , a warm ...
Pàgina 13
... paffion , of friendship , in the fuccefs of which confifted the greateft , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth , though Fortune threw him fhort of it in every other circumftance of life ...
... paffion , of friendship , in the fuccefs of which confifted the greateft , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth , though Fortune threw him fhort of it in every other circumftance of life ...
Pàgina 22
... paffions , in which I suspect him to have had 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 ...
... paffions , in which I suspect him to have had 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 ...
Pàgina 56
... About the time of the fubfcription begins the ac- tion of the Difpenfary . The Poem , as its fubject was prefent and popular , co - operated with paffions and and prejudices then prevalent , and , with fuch auxi- 56 GARTH .
... About the time of the fubfcription begins the ac- tion of the Difpenfary . The Poem , as its fubject was prefent and popular , co - operated with paffions and and prejudices then prevalent , and , with fuch auxi- 56 GARTH .
Pàgina 63
... paffions , great with tempeftuous dignity , and wicked with a foul that would have been heroick if it had been virtuous . The motto feems to tell , that this play was not fuccessful . Rowe does not always remember what his charac- ters ...
... paffions , great with tempeftuous dignity , and wicked with a foul that would have been heroick if it had been virtuous . The motto feems to tell , that this play was not fuccessful . Rowe does not always remember what his charac- ters ...
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