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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... known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain tradition have fup- plied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle near Oundle , the son of Erafmus Dryden of Tichmerfh ; who was the third son of Sir Erafmus Dryden , Ba ...
... known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain tradition have fup- plied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle near Oundle , the son of Erafmus Dryden of Tichmerfh ; who was the third son of Sir Erafmus Dryden , Ba ...
Pàgina 3
... known , and it is vain to guefs ; had he thought 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 ...
... known , and it is vain to guefs ; had he thought 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 ...
Pàgina 5
... if even from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his firft play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known , because it was not printed B 3 printed till it was fome years afterwards al- tered and DRY D E N. เม.
... if even from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his firft play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known , because it was not printed B 3 printed till it was fome years afterwards al- tered and DRY D E N. เม.
Pàgina 24
... known but his treatise on horfemanship . The Preface feems very elaborately writ- ten , and contains many juft remarks on the Fathers of the English drama . Shakspeare's plots , he fays , are in the hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of ...
... known but his treatise on horfemanship . The Preface feems very elaborately writ- ten , and contains many juft remarks on the Fathers of the English drama . Shakspeare's plots , he fays , are in the hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of ...
Pàgina 42
... known and difliked his own character , our trade was not in those times fecure from his refentment . His country is at fuch a diftance , that the man- ners might be safely falfified , and the inci- dents feigned ; for remoteness of ...
... known and difliked his own character , our trade was not in those times fecure from his refentment . His country is at fuch a diftance , that the man- ners might be safely falfified , and the inci- dents feigned ; for remoteness of ...
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