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 70
... less famed for liberality . Yet Dry- den always reprefented himself as fuffering under a public infliction ; and once particu- larly demands refpect for the patience with which he endured the lofs of his little for- tune . His patron ...
... less famed for liberality . Yet Dry- den always reprefented himself as fuffering under a public infliction ; and once particu- larly demands refpect for the patience with which he endured the lofs of his little for- tune . His patron ...
Pàgina 98
... less ; he the faid Jacob Tonfon being obliged to make up the forefaid fum of two hundred fixty - eight pounds fifteen fhillings three hundred pounds , at the beginning of the fecond impreffion of the " forefaid ten thousand verfes ; 26 ...
... less ; he the faid Jacob Tonfon being obliged to make up the forefaid fum of two hundred fixty - eight pounds fifteen fhillings three hundred pounds , at the beginning of the fecond impreffion of the " forefaid ten thousand verfes ; 26 ...
Pàgina 132
... less afraid of novelty , had already poffeffion of those dreadful images : Waller had defcribed a fea - fight . Milton had not yet transferred the invention of fire - arms to the rebellious angels . This poem is written with great dili ...
... less afraid of novelty , had already poffeffion of those dreadful images : Waller had defcribed a fea - fight . Milton had not yet transferred the invention of fire - arms to the rebellious angels . This poem is written with great dili ...
Pàgina 148
... less valuable matter . 1 In his firft ode for Cecilia's day , which is loft in the fplendor of the fecond , there are paffages which would have dignified any other poet . The first stanza is vigorous and elegant , though the word ...
... less valuable matter . 1 In his firft ode for Cecilia's day , which is loft in the fplendor of the fecond , there are paffages which would have dignified any other poet . The first stanza is vigorous and elegant , though the word ...
Pàgina 165
... less to the purpofe than ordinary . . 46 66 Ver 33 . " The patron of the world , and Rome's peculiar guard — Idle , and none of Virgil's , no more than the fenfe of the pre- cedent couplet ; fo again , he interpolates Virgil with that ...
... less to the purpofe than ordinary . . 46 66 Ver 33 . " The patron of the world , and Rome's peculiar guard — Idle , and none of Virgil's , no more than the fenfe of the pre- cedent couplet ; fo again , he interpolates Virgil with that ...
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