The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina 8
... conduct , upon the English stage , than either Rome or Athens ; and if she excels the Greek and Latin Phædra , I need not say she surpasses the French one , though embellished with whatever regular beauties and moving softness Racine ...
... conduct , upon the English stage , than either Rome or Athens ; and if she excels the Greek and Latin Phædra , I need not say she surpasses the French one , though embellished with whatever regular beauties and moving softness Racine ...
Pàgina 9
... conduct , which those are most apt to remember who could imitate him in nothing else . His freedom with himself drew severer acknowledgments from him than all the malice he ever provoked was capable of advancing , and he did not scruple ...
... conduct , which those are most apt to remember who could imitate him in nothing else . His freedom with himself drew severer acknowledgments from him than all the malice he ever provoked was capable of advancing , and he did not scruple ...
Pàgina 48
... conduct , everything in which imitation can consist , are remote in the utmost degree from the manner of Shakespeare ; whose dramas it resembles only as it is an English story , and as some of the persons have their names in history ...
... conduct , everything in which imitation can consist , are remote in the utmost degree from the manner of Shakespeare ; whose dramas it resembles only as it is an English story , and as some of the persons have their names in history ...
Pàgina 56
... conducted by Addison . To judge better of the probability of this story , I have inquired when he was sent to the Chartreux ; but , as he was not one of those who enjoyed the founder's benefaction , there is no account preserved of his ...
... conducted by Addison . To judge better of the probability of this story , I have inquired when he was sent to the Chartreux ; but , as he was not one of those who enjoyed the founder's benefaction , there is no account preserved of his ...
Pàgina 61
... conduct of those under whom he acts , except that he may not be made the instrument of wickedness . It is reasonable to suppose that Addison counteracted , as far as he was able , the malignant and blasting influence of the lieutenant ...
... conduct of those under whom he acts , except that he may not be made the instrument of wickedness . It is reasonable to suppose that Addison counteracted , as far as he was able , the malignant and blasting influence of the lieutenant ...
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