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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... genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain tradition have fup- plied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle near Oundle , the son of Erafmus Dryden of ...
... genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain tradition have fup- plied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle near Oundle , the son of Erafmus Dryden of ...
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... genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas , Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals who fometimes prevailed , or the cenfure of ...
... genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas , Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals who fometimes prevailed , or the cenfure of ...
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... genius , by recommending his own performance : " I am fatisfied that as the " Prince and General [ Rupert and Monk ] are incomparably the beft fubjects I ever " had , fo what I have written on them is " much better than what I have ...
... genius , by recommending his own performance : " I am fatisfied that as the " Prince and General [ Rupert and Monk ] are incomparably the beft fubjects I ever " had , fo what I have written on them is " much better than what I have ...
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... of Modena , then dutchess of York , in a ftrain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which it was wonderful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words , could ufe use without felf - deteftation . It is an at- 40 DRY D E N.
... of Modena , then dutchess of York , in a ftrain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which it was wonderful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words , could ufe use without felf - deteftation . It is an at- 40 DRY D E N.
Pàgina 49
... genius was not dramatick , he had great confidence in his own fertility ; for he is faid to have engaged , by contract , to furnish four plays a year . It is certain that in one year , 1678 , he published All for Love , Affignation ...
... genius was not dramatick , he had great confidence in his own fertility ; for he is faid to have engaged , by contract , to furnish four plays a year . It is certain that in one year , 1678 , he published All for Love , Affignation ...
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