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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... 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 filling the house , are not always the fureft marks of judging ...
... 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 filling the house , are not always the fureft marks of judging ...
Pàgina 14
... tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through several scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at pre- fent lodged ; and the bare mention of two fuch 2 fent 14 SMIT H.
... tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey , and had gone through several scenes of it . But he could not well have bequeathed that work to better hands than where , I hear , it is at pre- fent lodged ; and the bare mention of two fuch 2 fent 14 SMIT H.
Pàgina 20
... neg- lect of Smith's tragedy as difgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then pre- vailing . The authority of Addifon is great ; yet the the voice of the people , when to pleafe the 20 S MIT H.
... neg- lect of Smith's tragedy as difgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then pre- vailing . The authority of Addifon is great ; yet the the voice of the people , when to pleafe the 20 S MIT H.
Pàgina 21
... tragedy of Phadra ; but was convinced that the action was too mytho- logical . In 1709 , a year after the exhibition of Phædra , died John Philips , the friend and fellow - collegian of Smith , who , on that occafion , wrote a poem ...
... tragedy of Phadra ; but was convinced that the action was too mytho- logical . In 1709 , a year after the exhibition of Phædra , died John Philips , the friend and fellow - collegian of Smith , who , on that occafion , wrote a poem ...
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... tragedy ; of which Rowe , when they were put into his hands , could make , as he fays , very little ufe , but which the collector confidered as a valuable ftock of materials . When he came to London , his way of life con- nected him ...
... tragedy ; of which Rowe , when they were put into his hands , could make , as he fays , very little ufe , but which the collector confidered as a valuable ftock of materials . When he came to London , his way of life con- nected him ...
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