The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the ...
... tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the ...
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... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the Sun. These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of Para- dise Lost there are two plans : Michael ...
... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the Sun. These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of Para- dise Lost there are two plans : Michael ...
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... tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus ; Let the Rainbow be the Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first conception was a tragedy ...
... tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus ; Let the Rainbow be the Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first conception was a tragedy ...
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... tragedy written in imitation of the Ancients , and ne- ver designed by the author for the stage . As these poems were published by another bookseller , it has been asked , whether Sim- mons was discouraged from receiving them by the ...
... tragedy written in imitation of the Ancients , and ne- ver designed by the author for the stage . As these poems were published by another bookseller , it has been asked , whether Sim- mons was discouraged from receiving them by the ...
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... tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is only ... tragedy are however many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines : but it wants that power of ...
... tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is only ... tragedy are however many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines : but it wants that power of ...
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