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
... 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- 66 ...
... 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- 66 ...
Pàgina 15
... criticism prevails moft over brutal fury . He proceeds : " has a heavy hand at fools , and a great " He felicity in writing nonfenfe for them . " Fools they will be in spite of him . His King , his two Empreffes , his villain , and ...
... criticism prevails moft over brutal fury . He proceeds : " has a heavy hand at fools , and a great " He felicity in writing nonfenfe for them . " Fools they will be in spite of him . His King , his two Empreffes , his villain , and ...
Pàgina 23
... 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 fome folace ...
... 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 fome folace ...
Pàgina 24
... criticisms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious and pro- found . He endeavours to defend the im- morality of fome of his comedies by the ex- ample of former writers ; which is only to fay , that he was not the first nor ...
... criticisms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious and pro- found . He endeavours to defend the im- morality of fome of his comedies by the ex- ample of former writers ; which is only to fay , that he was not the first nor ...
Pàgina 25
... criticism ; and were at length , if his own confeffion may be trufted , the fhame of the writer . Of this play he takes care to let the rea- der know , that it was contrived and written in feven weeks . Want of time was often his excufe ...
... criticism ; and were at length , if his own confeffion may be trufted , the fhame of the writer . Of this play he takes care to let the rea- der know , that it was contrived and written in feven weeks . Want of time was often his excufe ...
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