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 3
... obtained the first notice , with fome degree of discontent , as it seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the performance was the beft . He had not , how- ever , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and ...
... obtained the first notice , with fome degree of discontent , as it seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the performance was the beft . He had not , how- ever , much reason to complain ; for he came to London , and ...
Pàgina 13
... hundred pounds , is engraven this epi- taph : Sui Temporis Hiftoriam meditanti , Paulatim obrepens Febris * Swift obtained many fubfcriptions for him in Ireland , H. Operi fimul & Vitæ filum abrupit , Sept. 18. An Operi PRIOR . 13.
... hundred pounds , is engraven this epi- taph : Sui Temporis Hiftoriam meditanti , Paulatim obrepens Febris * Swift obtained many fubfcriptions for him in Ireland , H. Operi fimul & Vitæ filum abrupit , Sept. 18. An Operi PRIOR . 13.
Pàgina 18
... obtained general approbation , being written with great familiarity and great fpritelinefs : the language is eafy , but feldom grofs , and the numbers fmooth , without appearance of care . Of thefe Tales there are only four . Ladle ...
... obtained general approbation , being written with great familiarity and great fpritelinefs : the language is eafy , but feldom grofs , and the numbers fmooth , without appearance of care . Of thefe Tales there are only four . Ladle ...
Pàgina 30
... obtained by a boy . But if the Old Batchelor be more nearly examined , it will be found to be one of those comedies which may be made by a mind vigorous and acute , and furnished with comick characters by the perufal of other poets ...
... obtained by a boy . But if the Old Batchelor be more nearly examined , it will be found to be one of those comedies which may be made by a mind vigorous and acute , and furnished with comick characters by the perufal of other poets ...
Pàgina 44
... obtained high eminence and extenfive practice . He became Fellow of the College of Phyficians , April 12 , 1687 , being one of the thirty which , by the new charter of king James , were added to the former Fellows . His refidence was in ...
... obtained high eminence and extenfive practice . He became Fellow of the College of Phyficians , April 12 , 1687 , being one of the thirty which , by the new charter of king James , were added to the former Fellows . His refidence was in ...
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