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 26
... sometimes defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the afto- nishing . In the Epilogue to the fecond part of the Conqueft of Granada , Dryden indulges his favourite pleasure of difcrediting his prede ...
... sometimes defpifed , is often reverenced , and in which the ridiculous is mingled with the afto- nishing . In the Epilogue to the fecond part of the Conqueft of Granada , Dryden indulges his favourite pleasure of difcrediting his prede ...
Pàgina 55
... sometimes . His reputation in time was fuch , that his name was thought neceffary to the success of every poetical or literary performance , and therefore he was engaged to contribute fomething , whatever it might be , to many ...
... sometimes . His reputation in time was fuch , that his name was thought neceffary to the success of every poetical or literary performance , and therefore he was engaged to contribute fomething , whatever it might be , to many ...
Pàgina 67
... Sometimes I meet it in a band - box , when my laundress brings home my linen ; fometimes , whether I will or no , it lights my pipe at a coffee - house ; Sometimes it furprifes me in a trunkmaker's Shop ; and fometimes it refreshes my ...
... Sometimes I meet it in a band - box , when my laundress brings home my linen ; fometimes , whether I will or no , it lights my pipe at a coffee - house ; Sometimes it furprifes me in a trunkmaker's Shop ; and fometimes it refreshes my ...
Pàgina 90
... sometimes fubmif- five . The writer who thinks his works formed for duration , mistakes his interest when he mentions his enemies . He de- grades his own dignity by fhewing that he was affected by their cenfures , and gives last- ing ...
... sometimes fubmif- five . The writer who thinks his works formed for duration , mistakes his interest when he mentions his enemies . He de- grades his own dignity by fhewing that he was affected by their cenfures , and gives last- ing ...
Pàgina 99
... sometimes expofed . Lord Bo- lingbroke , who in his youth had cultivated poetry , related to Dr. King of Oxford , that one day , when he visited Dryden , they heard , as they were converfing , another perfon en- tering the house ...
... sometimes expofed . Lord Bo- lingbroke , who in his youth had cultivated poetry , related to Dr. King of Oxford , that one day , when he visited Dryden , they heard , as they were converfing , another perfon en- tering the house ...
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