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
... gave him a place in the pipe - office , and another in the cuftoms of fix hundred pounds a - year . Congreve's converfation must furely have been at least equally pleafing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at fuch an age ...
... gave him a place in the pipe - office , and another in the cuftoms of fix hundred pounds a - year . Congreve's converfation must furely have been at least equally pleafing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at fuch an age ...
Pàgina 31
... gave another fpecimen of his abili- ties in The Double Dealer , which was not received with equal kindnefs . He writes to his patron lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few ...
... gave another fpecimen of his abili- ties in The Double Dealer , which was not received with equal kindnefs . He writes to his patron lord Halifax a dedication , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few ...
Pàgina 40
... gave no proof that time had improved his wifdom or his wit ; for , on the death of the marquis of Blandford this was his fong : And now the winds , which had fo long been ftill , Began the fwelling air with fighs to fill ; The water ...
... gave no proof that time had improved his wifdom or his wit ; for , on the death of the marquis of Blandford this was his fong : And now the winds , which had fo long been ftill , Began the fwelling air with fighs to fill ; The water ...
Pàgina 49
... gave Advice to Painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published Creation , a Philofophical Poem , which has been , by my recom- mendation , inferted in the late collection . Who , ever judges of this by any other of Blackmore's ...
... gave Advice to Painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published Creation , a Philofophical Poem , which has been , by my recom- mendation , inferted in the late collection . Who , ever judges of this by any other of Blackmore's ...
Pàgina 75
... Pope , who had alfo published Paftorals , not pleafed to be overlooked , drew up a comparison of his own compofitions with thofe of Philips , in which he covertly R 2 covertly gave himself the preference , while he feemed to GAY . 75.
... Pope , who had alfo published Paftorals , not pleafed to be overlooked , drew up a comparison of his own compofitions with thofe of Philips , in which he covertly R 2 covertly gave himself the preference , while he feemed to GAY . 75.
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