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 3
... 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 his DRY D E N.
... 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 his DRY D E N.
Pàgina 10
... lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ma- jeftick that the English language affords . Of this ftanza he mentions the encum- brances , encreased as they were by the ex ...
... lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ma- jeftick that the English language affords . Of this ftanza he mentions the encum- brances , encreased as they were by the ex ...
Pàgina 16
... lines aboard fome fmack in a storm , and , being fea - fick , fpewed up a good lump " of clotted nonfenfe at once . " 66 66 Here is perhaps a fufficient fpecimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been thought worthy of ...
... lines aboard fome fmack in a storm , and , being fea - fick , fpewed up a good lump " of clotted nonfenfe at once . " 66 66 Here is perhaps a fufficient fpecimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been thought worthy of ...
Pàgina 22
... lines a mefs of rhiming nonfenfe yield , " A fenfeless tale , with flattering fuftian fill'd . " No grain of fenfe does in one line appear , Thy words big bulks of boisterous bombaft << bear . " With noise they move , and from players ...
... lines a mefs of rhiming nonfenfe yield , " A fenfeless tale , with flattering fuftian fill'd . " No grain of fenfe does in one line appear , Thy words big bulks of boisterous bombaft << bear . " With noise they move , and from players ...
Pàgina 28
... art not content to fteal from others , " but doft rob thy poor wretched felf too , " Now was Settle's time to take his revenge . He wrote a vindication of his own lines ; and , and , if he is forced to yield any thing 28 DRYDEN ,
... art not content to fteal from others , " but doft rob thy poor wretched felf too , " Now was Settle's time to take his revenge . He wrote a vindication of his own lines ; and , and , if he is forced to yield any thing 28 DRYDEN ,
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