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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... hundred a year , and to have been bred , as was faid , an Anabaptist . For either of these particulars no authority is given . Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or if ...
... hundred a year , and to have been bred , as was faid , an Anabaptist . For either of these particulars no authority is given . Such a fortune ought to have fe- cured him from that poverty which feems always to have oppreffed him ; or if ...
Pàgina 11
... hundred marks to one hundred pounds a year , and a tierce of wine ; a revenue in thofe days not inade- quate to the conveniencies of life . The fame year he published his Effay on Dramatick Poetry , an elegant and inftruc- tive dialogue ...
... hundred marks to one hundred pounds a year , and a tierce of wine ; a revenue in thofe days not inade- quate to the conveniencies of life . The fame year he published his Effay on Dramatick Poetry , an elegant and inftruc- tive dialogue ...
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... hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of Beaumont and Fletcher in Spanish Stories ; Jonfon only made them for himself . His criticisms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious and pro- found . He endeavours to defend the im ...
... hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of Beaumont and Fletcher in Spanish Stories ; Jonfon only made them for himself . His criticisms upon tragedy , comedy , and farce , are judicious and pro- found . He endeavours to defend the im ...
Pàgina 41
... hundred copies of four- teen hundred lines were likely to be tran- scribed . An author has a right to print his own works , and needs not feek an apology in falfehood ; but he that could bear to write the dedication felt no pain in ...
... hundred copies of four- teen hundred lines were likely to be tran- scribed . An author has a right to print his own works , and needs not feek an apology in falfehood ; but he that could bear to write the dedication felt no pain in ...
Pàgina 48
... hundred pounds , by the accumulated gain of the third night , the dedication , and the copy . Almoft every piece had a dedication , writ- ten with fuch elegance and luxuriance of praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be ...
... hundred pounds , by the accumulated gain of the third night , the dedication , and the copy . Almoft every piece had a dedication , writ- ten with fuch elegance and luxuriance of praise , as neither haughtiness nor avarice could be ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1801 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1857 |
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