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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... given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his 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 ...
... given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his 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 ...
Pàgina 2
... given . Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or if he had wafted it , to have made him afhamed of pub- lishing his neceffities . But though he had many enemies , who ...
... given . Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or if he had wafted it , to have made him afhamed of pub- lishing his neceffities . But though he had many enemies , who ...
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... given to the au- dience by printed bills , diftributed at the door ; an expedient fuppofed to be ridiculed in the Rehearsal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to inftill into the au- dience fome conception of his plot ...
... given to the au- dience by printed bills , diftributed at the door ; an expedient fuppofed to be ridiculed in the Rehearsal , when Bayes tells how many reams he has printed , to inftill into the au- dience fome conception of his plot ...
Pàgina 11
... inftruc- tive dialogue ; in which we are told by Prior , that the principal character is meant to represent the duke of Dorfet . This work feems UNIVERS AR.a MOYNA PRAZE 1 feems to have given Addison a model for his DRY D E N. II.
... inftruc- tive dialogue ; in which we are told by Prior , that the principal character is meant to represent the duke of Dorfet . This work feems UNIVERS AR.a MOYNA PRAZE 1 feems to have given Addison a model for his DRY D E N. II.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 1 feems to have given Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen , is a tragi - comedy . In the preface he difcuffes a curious question ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 1 feems to have given Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen , is a tragi - comedy . In the preface he difcuffes a curious question ...
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