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 2
... Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or if he had wafted it , to have made him afhamed of pub- lishing his neceffities . But though he had many enemies , who undoubtedly ...
... Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or if he had wafted it , to have made him afhamed of pub- lishing his neceffities . But though he had many enemies , who undoubtedly ...
Pàgina 14
... such criticism as malig- nant impatience could pour out in haste . " He's Of Settle he gives this character . an animal of a moft deplored understand- ing , without converfation . His being is " in a twilight of sense , and some glimmer ...
... such criticism as malig- nant impatience could pour out in haste . " He's Of Settle he gives this character . an animal of a moft deplored understand- ing , without converfation . His being is " in a twilight of sense , and some glimmer ...
Pàgina 23
... Such was the criticism to which the ge- nius of Dryden could be reduced , between rage and terrour ; rage with little provoca- tion , and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce ...
... Such was the criticism to which the ge- nius of Dryden could be reduced , between rage and terrour ; rage with little provoca- tion , and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce ...
Pàgina 32
... 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 will ...
... 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 will ...
Pàgina 40
... Such as difquiet always what is well , And by ill - imitating would excel , Might hence prefume the whole creation's day To change in fcenes , and fhow it in a play . It is another of his hafty productions for the heat of his ...
... Such as difquiet always what is well , And by ill - imitating would excel , Might hence prefume the whole creation's day To change in fcenes , and fhow it in a play . It is another of his hafty productions for the heat of his ...
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