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 9
... better than what I have performed 56 on any other . As I have endeavoured to " adorn my poem with noble thoughts , so " much more to express those thoughts with " elocution . " 1 * It is written in quatrains , or heroick It DRYDEN . 9.
... better than what I have performed 56 on any other . As I have endeavoured to " adorn my poem with noble thoughts , so " much more to express those thoughts with " elocution . " 1 * It is written in quatrains , or heroick It DRYDEN . 9.
Pàgina 16
... better for being backed , or having a " load upon his back . his back . So that here is gilding by conforming , fmiling , lightning , " backing , and thundering . The whole is as " if I fhould fay thus , I will make my " counterfeit ...
... better for being backed , or having a " load upon his back . his back . So that here is gilding by conforming , fmiling , lightning , " backing , and thundering . The whole is as " if I fhould fay thus , I will make my " counterfeit ...
Pàgina 21
... better what his is : 46 " Great Boy , thy tragedy and fculptures done " From prefs , and plates in fleets do home- " ward come : " And in ridiculous and humble pride , " Their course in ballad - fingers baskets guide , C 3 " Whose 1 ...
... better what his is : 46 " Great Boy , thy tragedy and fculptures done " From prefs , and plates in fleets do home- " ward come : " And in ridiculous and humble pride , " Their course in ballad - fingers baskets guide , C 3 " Whose 1 ...
Pàgina 30
... better fortune I'll appear , " With open arms , loose vail and flowing hair , Juft flying forward from my rowling sphere . << " I wonder , if he be so strict , how he dares " make so bold with sphere himself , and be " fo critical in ...
... better fortune I'll appear , " With open arms , loose vail and flowing hair , Juft flying forward from my rowling sphere . << " I wonder , if he be so strict , how he dares " make so bold with sphere himself , and be " fo critical in ...
Pàgina 56
... better way could be found than they had taken , though Fanshaw , Den- ham , Waller , and Cowley , had tried to give examples of a different practice , In 1681 , Dryden became yet more confpi- cuous by uniting politicks with poetry , in ...
... better way could be found than they had taken , though Fanshaw , Den- ham , Waller , and Cowley , had tried to give examples of a different practice , In 1681 , Dryden became yet more confpi- cuous by uniting politicks with poetry , in ...
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