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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... Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman . In this play he made his effay of dramatick rhyme , which he defends in his dedication , with fufficient certainty of a favourable hearing ; for Orrery was him ...
... Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman . In this play he made his effay of dramatick rhyme , which he defends in his dedication , with fufficient certainty of a favourable hearing ; for Orrery was him ...
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... earl of Orrery , in com- pliance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote , only to please , and who perhaps ...
... earl of Orrery , in com- pliance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote , only to please , and who perhaps ...
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... earl of Orrery , had defended dramatick rhyme ; and Howard , in the preface to a collection of plays , had cenfured his opi- nion . Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of ...
... earl of Orrery , had defended dramatick rhyme ; and Howard , in the preface to a collection of plays , had cenfured his opi- nion . Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of ...
Pàgina 36
... . Enough of Settle . 64 Marriage Alamode is a comedy , dedicated to the Earl of Rochefter ; whom he acknow- ledges not only as the defender of his poetry , but but the promoter of his fortune . Lang- baine places 36 DRY DE N.
... . Enough of Settle . 64 Marriage Alamode is a comedy , dedicated to the Earl of Rochefter ; whom he acknow- ledges not only as the defender of his poetry , but but the promoter of his fortune . Lang- baine places 36 DRY DE N.
Pàgina 37
... earl of Rochester therefore was the famous Wil- mot , whom yet tradition always reprefents as an enemy to Dryden , and who is mentioned by him with fome difrefpect in the preface to Juvenal . The Afignation , or Love in a Nunnery , a ...
... earl of Rochester therefore was the famous Wil- mot , whom yet tradition always reprefents as an enemy to Dryden , and who is mentioned by him with fome difrefpect in the preface to Juvenal . The Afignation , or Love in a Nunnery , a ...
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