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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... mind through the whole series of his dramatick perform- ances ; it will be fit however to enumerate them , and to take efpecial notice of those that are distinguished by any peculiarity in- trinfick or concomitant ; for the compofi ...
... mind through the whole series of his dramatick perform- ances ; it will be fit however to enumerate them , and to take efpecial notice of those that are distinguished by any peculiarity in- trinfick or concomitant ; for the compofi ...
Pàgina 13
... minds was , that to Shakspeare's monfter Caliban is added a fifter - monfter Sicorax ; and a woman , who , in the original play , had never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never seen a woman . About this ...
... minds was , that to Shakspeare's monfter Caliban is added a fifter - monfter Sicorax ; and a woman , who , in the original play , had never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never seen a woman . About this ...
Pàgina 23
... minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce fome folace to the con- sciousness of weakness , and some mortifica- tion to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered , that minds are not levelled in their powers but when they ...
... minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce fome folace to the con- sciousness of weakness , and some mortifica- tion to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered , that minds are not levelled in their powers but when they ...
Pàgina 47
... mind , is confeffed by the author to be defective . Thus he began and ended his dramatick la- bours with ill fuccefs . From fuch a number of theatrical pieces it will be fuppofed , by moft readers , that he must have improved his ...
... mind , is confeffed by the author to be defective . Thus he began and ended his dramatick la- bours with ill fuccefs . From fuch a number of theatrical pieces it will be fuppofed , by moft readers , that he must have improved his ...
Pàgina 56
... lord Shaftesbury's incitement , fet the duke of Monmouth at its head , Of this poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of publick principles , and and in which therefore every mind was in- terested , 56 DRY D E N.
... lord Shaftesbury's incitement , fet the duke of Monmouth at its head , Of this poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of publick principles , and and in which therefore every mind was in- terested , 56 DRY D E N.
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