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
... 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 ing of thought , which he can never fashion " into wit or English . His ftyle is ...
... 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 ing of thought , which he can never fashion " into wit or English . His ftyle is ...
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... gives this poetical σε description of the fhip called the Lon- " don : " The goodly London in her gallant trim , " The Phenix - daughter of the vanquisht old , " Like a rich bride does to the ocean swim , " And on her fhadow rides in ...
... gives this poetical σε description of the fhip called the Lon- " don : " The goodly London in her gallant trim , " The Phenix - daughter of the vanquisht old , " Like a rich bride does to the ocean swim , " And on her fhadow rides in ...
Pàgina 32
... give , Juftice , methinks , is not diftributive . " To die or kill you , is the alternative , " Rather than take your life , I will not live . 7 " Obferve , Observe , how prettily our author chops " logick in 322 DRY DE N.
... give , Juftice , methinks , is not diftributive . " To die or kill you , is the alternative , " Rather than take your life , I will not live . 7 " Obferve , Observe , how prettily our author chops " logick in 322 DRY DE N.
Pàgina 33
... , " That I must stoop , ere I can give the blow . " But mine is fixt fo far above thy crown , " That all thy men , " Piled on thy back , can never pull it down . VOL . II . D << Now • " Now where that is , Almanzor's fate is DRY DE N. 33.
... , " That I must stoop , ere I can give the blow . " But mine is fixt fo far above thy crown , " That all thy men , " Piled on thy back , can never pull it down . VOL . II . D << Now • " Now where that is , Almanzor's fate is DRY DE N. 33.
Pàgina 41
... gives for printing what was never acted , cannot be overpassed : " I was induced to it in my own defence , many hundred copies of it being dispersed " abroad without my knowledge or confent , " and every one gathering new faults , it be ...
... gives for printing what was never acted , cannot be overpassed : " I was induced to it in my own defence , many hundred copies of it being dispersed " abroad without my knowledge or confent , " and every one gathering new faults , it be ...
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