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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... himself injured , he knew how to complain . In the Life of Plu- tarch he mentions his education in the Col- lege with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Oxford , he has these lines : B 2 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than ...
... himself injured , he knew how to complain . In the Life of Plu- tarch he mentions his education in the Col- lege with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Oxford , he has these lines : B 2 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than ...
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... 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 cri- ticks , which was often ...
... 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 cri- ticks , which was often ...
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... himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of Lerma , animad- verted on the Vindication ; and Dryden , in a Preface to the Indian Emperor , replied to the Animadverfions with great afperity , and ...
... himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of Lerma , animad- verted on the Vindication ; and Dryden , in a Preface to the Indian Emperor , replied to the Animadverfions with great afperity , and ...
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... himself . His criticisms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious and pro- found . He endeavours to defend the im- morality of fome of his comedies by the ex- ample of former writers ; which is only to fay , that he was not the ...
... himself . His criticisms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious and pro- found . He endeavours to defend the im- morality of fome of his comedies by the ex- ample of former writers ; which is only to fay , that he was not the ...
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... himself by the com- . parison , he shews faults diftinctly , and only praises excellence in general terms . A play thus written , in profeffed defiance of probability , naturally drew down upon it- felf the vultures of the theatre . One ...
... himself by the com- . parison , he shews faults diftinctly , and only praises excellence in general terms . A play thus written , in profeffed defiance of probability , naturally drew down upon it- felf the vultures of the theatre . One ...
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