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 14
... some glimmer- 66 ing of thought , which he can never fashion " into wit or English . His ftyle is boister- 66 ous and rough - hewn , his rhyme incor- rigibly lewd , and his numbers perpetually " harfh and ill - founding . The little ...
... some glimmer- 66 ing of thought , which he can never fashion " into wit or English . His ftyle is boister- 66 ous and rough - hewn , his rhyme incor- rigibly lewd , and his numbers perpetually " harfh and ill - founding . The little ...
Pàgina 23
... some mortifica- tion to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered , that minds are not levelled in their powers but when they are first levelled in their defires . Dryden and Settle had both placed their happiness in the claps of ...
... some mortifica- tion to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered , that minds are not levelled in their powers but when they are first levelled in their defires . Dryden and Settle had both placed their happiness in the claps of ...
Pàgina 28
... some disguise about this town , and paffing un- " der another name . Pr'ythee tell me true , " was not this Huffcap once the Indian .66 Emperor , and at another time did he not " call himself Maximin ? Was not Lynda- raxa once called ...
... some disguise about this town , and paffing un- " der another name . Pr'ythee tell me true , " was not this Huffcap once the Indian .66 Emperor , and at another time did he not " call himself Maximin ? Was not Lynda- raxa once called ...
Pàgina 32
... some such pedantry as this : " Two ifs fcarce make one poffibility . " If juftice will take all and nothing give , Juftice , methinks , is not diftributive . " To die or kill you , is the alternative , " Rather than take your life , I ...
... some such pedantry as this : " Two ifs fcarce make one poffibility . " If juftice will take all and nothing give , Juftice , methinks , is not diftributive . " To die or kill you , is the alternative , " Rather than take your life , I ...
Pàgina 38
... some time , and he maintains it in the dedication of this play , that the drama required an al- ternation of comick and tragick fcenes , and that it is neceffary to mitigate by allevia- tions of merriment the preffure of ponde- rous ...
... some time , and he maintains it in the dedication of this play , that the drama required an al- ternation of comick and tragick fcenes , and that it is neceffary to mitigate by allevia- tions of merriment the preffure of ponde- rous ...
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