The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 3D. Buchanan, sold by him, & by W. Creech, P. Hill, W. Mudie, & A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1800 |
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Pàgina 30
... allowed its author the privilege of the houfe . Few plays have ever been fo beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Ha- lifax , who immediately made him one of the com- miflioners for licensing coaches , and foon ...
... allowed its author the privilege of the houfe . Few plays have ever been fo beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Ha- lifax , who immediately made him one of the com- miflioners for licensing coaches , and foon ...
Pàgina 62
... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verfe , but very often reafons poetically : and finds the art of uniting ornament with ftrength , and eafe with clofenefs . This is a fkill which Pope might have condefcended ...
... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verfe , but very often reafons poetically : and finds the art of uniting ornament with ftrength , and eafe with clofenefs . This is a fkill which Pope might have condefcended ...
Pàgina 84
... allowed to the author of a new fpecies of compofition , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the Ballad Opera ; a mode of comedy which at first was fuppofed to delight only by its novelty , but has now by the experience ...
... allowed to the author of a new fpecies of compofition , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the Ballad Opera ; a mode of comedy which at first was fuppofed to delight only by its novelty , but has now by the experience ...
Pàgina 85
... allowed all that it claims ; it is fpritely , various , aud pleasant . The fubject is of that kind which Gay was by nature qualified to adorn ; yet fome of his decorations may be juftly wished away . An honest blacksmith might have done ...
... allowed all that it claims ; it is fpritely , various , aud pleasant . The fubject is of that kind which Gay was by nature qualified to adorn ; yet fome of his decorations may be juftly wished away . An honest blacksmith might have done ...
Pàgina 95
... allowed . But by a critic of a latter generation who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praife already received will be thought fufficient ; for his works do not fhew him to have had much comprehenfion from nature ...
... allowed . But by a critic of a latter generation who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praife already received will be thought fufficient ; for his works do not fhew him to have had much comprehenfion from nature ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1782 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1783 |
The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volum 3 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1865 |
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