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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... natural caft of the father - their fol- ly was born and bred in them , and fome- thing of the Elkanah will be vifible . " 66 . 66 This is Dryden's general declamation ; I will not withhold from the reader a parti- cular remark . Having ...
... natural caft of the father - their fol- ly was born and bred in them , and fome- thing of the Elkanah will be vifible . " 66 . 66 This is Dryden's general declamation ; I will not withhold from the reader a parti- cular remark . Having ...
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... to dish up the poet's broth , that " I promised : For when we're dead , and our freed fouls en- larg'd , Of nature's groffer burden we're discharg'd , VOL . II . C Then Then gently , as a happy lover's figh , Like DRY D E N. 17 .
... to dish up the poet's broth , that " I promised : For when we're dead , and our freed fouls en- larg'd , Of nature's groffer burden we're discharg'd , VOL . II . C Then Then gently , as a happy lover's figh , Like DRY D E N. 17 .
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... nature in its infancy : Till foften'd by our charms their furies cease , And their revenge refolves into a peace . Thus by our death their quarrel ends , Whom living we made foes , dead we'll make friends . " If this be not a very ...
... nature in its infancy : Till foften'd by our charms their furies cease , And their revenge refolves into a peace . Thus by our death their quarrel ends , Whom living we made foes , dead we'll make friends . " If this be not a very ...
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... natural to hope that a comprehenfive is likewise an elevated foul , and that whoever is wife is also honeft . I am willing to be- lieve that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it ...
... natural to hope that a comprehenfive is likewise an elevated foul , and that whoever is wife is also honeft . I am willing to be- lieve that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it ...
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... at by him . " If I had ill - nature enough to prompt me " to with a very bad wifh for him , it should be , that he would go on and finish his " tranflation . 66 tranflation . By that it will appear , whe- 64 DRY D E N.
... at by him . " If I had ill - nature enough to prompt me " to with a very bad wifh for him , it should be , that he would go on and finish his " tranflation . 66 tranflation . By that it will appear , whe- 64 DRY D E N.
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