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 39
... just upon the finishing of a poem , when I would have been glad of a little refpite . - Two thirds of it belonged to him ; and to me only the firft fcene of the play , the whole fourth act , and the first half or fomewhat more of the ...
... just upon the finishing of a poem , when I would have been glad of a little refpite . - Two thirds of it belonged to him ; and to me only the firft fcene of the play , the whole fourth act , and the first half or fomewhat more of the ...
Pàgina 76
... just ready to move , the lord Jefferies , " fon of the lord chancellor Jefferies , with " fome of his rakish companions coming by , " asked whose funeral it was ; and being " told Mr. Dryden's , he said , 66 What , " shall Dryden , the ...
... just ready to move , the lord Jefferies , " fon of the lord chancellor Jefferies , with " fome of his rakish companions coming by , " asked whose funeral it was ; and being " told Mr. Dryden's , he said , 66 What , " shall Dryden , the ...
Pàgina 83
... just fuch , and went so far as , ४८ by the natural turn of the conversation in which he was engaged , it was neceffarily promoted or required . He was extreme ready , and gentle in his correction of the errors of any writer who ...
... just fuch , and went so far as , ४८ by the natural turn of the conversation in which he was engaged , it was neceffarily promoted or required . He was extreme ready , and gentle in his correction of the errors of any writer who ...
Pàgina 93
... just or not : a fhort extract will be fufficient . He pretends a quarrel to me , that I have fallen foul upon priesthood ; if I have , I am only to ask pardon of good priests , and am afraid his share of the reparation will come to ...
... just or not : a fhort extract will be fufficient . He pretends a quarrel to me , that I have fallen foul upon priesthood ; if I have , I am only to ask pardon of good priests , and am afraid his share of the reparation will come to ...
Pàgina 119
... just rules and examples of tranflation . When languages are formed upon differ- ent principles , it is impoffible that the fame modes of expreffion should always be ele- gant in both . While they run on together , the closest ...
... just rules and examples of tranflation . When languages are formed upon differ- ent principles , it is impoffible that the fame modes of expreffion should always be ele- gant in both . While they run on together , the closest ...
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