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 15
... lived at a time when the rage of party detected all which it was any man's intereft to hide ; and as little ill is heard of Prior , it is certain that not much was known . He was not afraid of provoking cenfure ; for when he for- fook ...
... lived at a time when the rage of party detected all which it was any man's intereft to hide ; and as little ill is heard of Prior , it is certain that not much was known . He was not afraid of provoking cenfure ; for when he for- fook ...
Pàgina 27
... lived to be convinced , that the ef- fence of verfe is order and confonance . His numbers are fuch as mere diligence may attain ; they feldom offend the ear , and feldom footh it ; they commonly want airinefs , lightness , and facility ...
... lived to be convinced , that the ef- fence of verfe is order and confonance . His numbers are fuch as mere diligence may attain ; they feldom offend the ear , and feldom footh it ; they commonly want airinefs , lightness , and facility ...
Pàgina 29
... lived for feveral years , but with very little attention to Statutes or Reports . His difpofition to become an author appeared very early , as he very early felt that force of imagi- nation , and poffeffed that copioufnefs of fentiment ...
... lived for feveral years , but with very little attention to Statutes or Reports . His difpofition to become an author appeared very early , as he very early felt that force of imagi- nation , and poffeffed that copioufnefs of fentiment ...
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 35
... lived for himself and for his friends ; and among his friends was able to name every man of his time whom wit and ... lived many years after the publication of his Mifcellaneous Poems , yet he added nothing to them , but lived on in ...
... lived for himself and for his friends ; and among his friends was able to name every man of his time whom wit and ... lived many years after the publication of his Mifcellaneous Poems , yet he added nothing to them , but lived on in ...
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