The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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Pàgina 15
... says , " To conclude this act with- " the most rumbling piece of nonsense spoken yet , 66 " To flattering lightning our feign'd smiles << conform , " Which back'd with thunder do but gild a " ftorm . Conform a smile to lightning , make ...
... says , " To conclude this act with- " the most rumbling piece of nonsense spoken yet , 66 " To flattering lightning our feign'd smiles << conform , " Which back'd with thunder do but gild a " ftorm . Conform a smile to lightning , make ...
Pàgina 29
... say that his answer is equal to the cenfure , is no high commendation . To expofe Dryden's me- thod of analysing his expreffions , he tries the fame experiment upon the description of the ships in the Indian Emperor , of which however ...
... say that his answer is equal to the cenfure , is no high commendation . To expofe Dryden's me- thod of analysing his expreffions , he tries the fame experiment upon the description of the ships in the Indian Emperor , of which however ...
Pàgina 35
... says ; for , it is by being oppofed , that it runs into its former course for all engines that make water " fo return , do it by compulfion and oppo- " fition . Or , if he means a headlong tor- " rent for a tide , which would be ...
... says ; for , it is by being oppofed , that it runs into its former course for all engines that make water " fo return , do it by compulfion and oppo- " fition . Or , if he means a headlong tor- " rent for a tide , which would be ...
Pàgina 39
... says Dryden , to claim the promife just upon the finishing of a poem , when I would have been glad of a little refpite . - Two thirds of it belonged to him ; and to me only the firft fcene of the play , the whole fourth act , and the ...
... says Dryden , to claim the promife just upon the finishing of a poem , when I would have been glad of a little refpite . - Two thirds of it belonged to him ; and to me only the firft fcene of the play , the whole fourth act , and the ...
Pàgina 55
... says of Dryden , Though prais'd and beaten for another's rhymes , His own deserves as great applause sometimes . His reputation in time was fuch , that his name was thought neceffary to the success of every poetical or literary ...
... says of Dryden , Though prais'd and beaten for another's rhymes , His own deserves as great applause sometimes . His reputation in time was fuch , that his name was thought neceffary to the success of every poetical or literary ...
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