The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... success of it was as great as the most sanguine expectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of filling the house , are not always the surest marks of judging what encouragement a ...
... success of it was as great as the most sanguine expectations of his friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the common method of filling the house , are not always the surest marks of judging what encouragement a ...
Pàgina 10
... success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth , though fortune threw him short of it in every other circumstance of life . He avoided making any , though ...
... success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth , though fortune threw him short of it in every other circumstance of life . He avoided making any , though ...
Pàgina 15
... success , and found that naked excellence was not sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general patron ...
... success , and found that naked excellence was not sufficient for its own support . The play , however , was bought by Lintot , who advanced the price from fifty guineas , the current rate , to sixty ; and Halifax , the general patron ...
Pàgina 38
... success in the pulpits of London ; but the queen's death putting an end to his expectations , abated his diligence : and Pope represents him as falling from that time into intemperance of wine . That in his latter life he was too much a ...
... success in the pulpits of London ; but the queen's death putting an end to his expectations , abated his diligence : and Pope represents him as falling from that time into intemperance of wine . That in his latter life he was too much a ...
Pàgina 47
... successful . Rowe does not always remember what his characters require . In Tamerlane there is some ridiculous mention of the God of Love ; and Rhodogune , a savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of ...
... successful . Rowe does not always remember what his characters require . In Tamerlane there is some ridiculous mention of the God of Love ; and Rhodogune , a savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of ...
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