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 3
... death of Lord Haftings , compofed with great ambition of such con- ceits as , notwithstanding the reformation be- gun by Waller and Denham , the example of Cowley ftill kept in reputation . Lord Haf- tings died of the small - pox , and ...
... death of Lord Haftings , compofed with great ambition of such con- ceits as , notwithstanding the reformation be- gun by Waller and Denham , the example of Cowley ftill kept in reputation . Lord Haf- tings died of the small - pox , and ...
Pàgina 4
... death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a public candidate for fame , by publishing Heroic Stanzas on the late Lord Protector ; which , compared with the verses of Sprat and Waller on the fame occafion , were fufficient to raise ...
... death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a public candidate for fame , by publishing Heroic Stanzas on the late Lord Protector ; which , compared with the verses of Sprat and Waller on the fame occafion , were fufficient to raise ...
Pàgina 5
... Death is alfo privation , yet who has made any diffi- culty of affigning to Death a dart and the power of ftriking ? In fettling the order of his works , there is fome difficulty ; for , even when they are im- portant enough to be ...
... Death is alfo privation , yet who has made any diffi- culty of affigning to Death a dart and the power of ftriking ? In fettling the order of his works , there is fome difficulty ; for , even when they are im- portant enough to be ...
Pàgina 16
... republica- tion , and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely .. Whene'er fhe bleeds , He no feverer a damnation needs , That That dares pronounce the sentence of her death , Than 16 DRY D E N.
... republica- tion , and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely .. Whene'er fhe bleeds , He no feverer a damnation needs , That That dares pronounce the sentence of her death , Than 16 DRY D E N.
Pàgina 17
... death , Than the infection that attends that breath . * That attends that breath.- -The poet is at " breath again ; breath can never ' scape him ; " and here he brings in a breath that must " be infectious with pronouncing a sentence ...
... death , Than the infection that attends that breath . * That attends that breath.- -The poet is at " breath again ; breath can never ' scape him ; " and here he brings in a breath that must " be infectious with pronouncing a sentence ...
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