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 11
... received . Prior however , feems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confeffes that he figned what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have con- tradicted or explained away . The oath was ad ...
... received . Prior however , feems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confeffes that he figned what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have con- tradicted or explained away . The oath was ad ...
Pàgina 25
... received from Dryden he did not lofe ; neither did he increase the difficulty of writing by unneceffary feverity , but ufes Triplets and Alexandrines with- out fcruple . In his preface to Solomon he propofes fome improvements , by ...
... received from Dryden he did not lofe ; neither did he increase the difficulty of writing by unneceffary feverity , but ufes Triplets and Alexandrines with- out fcruple . In his preface to Solomon he propofes fome improvements , by ...
Pàgina 28
... received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated firft at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having fome military employment that fta- tioned him in Ireland : but after having paffed through the ufual preparatory ...
... received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated firft at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having fome military employment that fta- tioned him in Ireland : but after having paffed through the ufual preparatory ...
Pàgina 31
... 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 friends among the audience . Thefe apologies are always ufelefs : " de guftibus ...
... 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 friends among the audience . Thefe apologies are always ufelefs : " de guftibus ...
Pàgina 32
... received with more benevolence than any other of his works , and ftill continues to be acted and applauded . But whatever objections may be made either to his comic or tragic excellence , they are loft at once in the blaze of admiration ...
... received with more benevolence than any other of his works , and ftill continues to be acted and applauded . But whatever objections may be made either to his comic or tragic excellence , they are loft at once in the blaze of admiration ...
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