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 1
... last record ought to be preferred , because it was made upon oath . It is obfervable , that as a native of Winborne , he is filed Filius Georgii Prior , generofi ; not confi ently with the common account of the meannefs of his birth ...
... last record ought to be preferred , because it was made upon oath . It is obfervable , that as a native of Winborne , he is filed Filius Georgii Prior , generofi ; not confi ently with the common account of the meannefs of his birth ...
Pàgina 3
... last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the tranfaction . The conduct of Prior , in this fplendid initiation into publick bufinefs , was fo pleafing to king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of ...
... last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the tranfaction . The conduct of Prior , in this fplendid initiation into publick bufinefs , was fo pleafing to king William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of ...
Pàgina 12
... last . Being however generally known and esteemed , he was encouraged to add other poems to thofe which he had printed , and to publifh them by fub- fcription . The expedient fucceeded by the induf- try of many friends , who circulated ...
... last . Being however generally known and esteemed , he was encouraged to add other poems to thofe which he had printed , and to publifh them by fub- fcription . The expedient fucceeded by the induf- try of many friends , who circulated ...
Pàgina 34
... protracted through ten years : but at last Comedy grew more modeft ; and Collier lived to fee the reward of his labour in the reformation of the theatre . Of Of the powers by which this important victory was atchieved 34 CONGRE VE .
... protracted through ten years : but at last Comedy grew more modeft ; and Collier lived to fee the reward of his labour in the reformation of the theatre . Of Of the powers by which this important victory was atchieved 34 CONGRE VE .
Pàgina 37
... last terminated in blindness . This melancholy ftate was aggravated by the gout , for which he fought relief by a jour- ney to Bath ; but being overturned in his chariot , complained from that time of a pain in his fide , and died , at ...
... last terminated in blindness . This melancholy ftate was aggravated by the gout , for which he fought relief by a jour- ney to Bath ; but being overturned in his chariot , complained from that time of a pain in his fide , and died , at ...
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