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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... produced by the operation of known characters . A fubject will not eafily occur that can give more opportunities of informing the understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the paffions , in which I ...
... produced by the operation of known characters . A fubject will not eafily occur that can give more opportunities of informing the understanding , for which Smith was unquestionably qualified , or for moving the paffions , in which I ...
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... produced without the powers of King . The fame year , he published Rufinus , an historical effay ; and a poem , intended to dispose the nation to think as he thought of the duke of Marlborough and his ad- herents . In 1711 , competence ...
... produced without the powers of King . The fame year , he published Rufinus , an historical effay ; and a poem , intended to dispose the nation to think as he thought of the duke of Marlborough and his ad- herents . In 1711 , competence ...
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... produced the Royal Society , he was consequently engaged in the fame ftudies , and became one of the fellows : and when , after their incorporation , fomething feemed neceffary to reconcile the publick to the new inftitution , he un ...
... produced the Royal Society , he was consequently engaged in the fame ftudies , and became one of the fellows : and when , after their incorporation , fomething feemed neceffary to reconcile the publick to the new inftitution , he un ...
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... produced the Ambitious Step - Mother , which was received with fo much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he ...
... produced the Ambitious Step - Mother , which was received with fo much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature . His next tragedy ( 1702 ) was Tamerlane , in which , under the name of Tamerlane , he ...
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... produced the Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted ; for he is faid to have fat in the houfe laughing with great vehemence , whenever he had , in his own opinion , produced a ...
... produced the Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted ; for he is faid to have fat in the houfe laughing with great vehemence , whenever he had , in his own opinion , produced a ...
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