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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... never been refused the right of afcribing effects or agency to them as to pofitive powers . No man fcruples to fay that darkness hinders him from his work ; or that cold has killed the plants . Death is alfo privation , yet who has made ...
... never been refused the right of afcribing effects or agency to them as to pofitive powers . No man fcruples to fay that darkness hinders him from his work ; or that cold has killed the plants . Death is alfo privation , yet who has made ...
Pàgina 6
... never to have loved that exercise of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas , Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals who ...
... never to have loved that exercise of his genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas , Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals who ...
Pàgina 13
... never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never seen a woman . About this time , in 1673 , Dryden seems to have had his quiet much difturbed by the fuccefs of the Empress of Morocco , a tragedy written in ...
... never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never seen a woman . About this time , in 1673 , Dryden seems to have had his quiet much difturbed by the fuccefs of the Empress of Morocco , a tragedy written in ...
Pàgina 14
... never fashion " into wit or English . His ftyle is boister- 66 ous and rough - hewn , his rhyme incor- rigibly lewd , and his numbers perpetually " harfh and ill - founding . The little talent " which he has , is fancy . He fometimes ...
... never fashion " into wit or English . His ftyle is boister- 66 ous and rough - hewn , his rhyme incor- rigibly lewd , and his numbers perpetually " harfh and ill - founding . The little talent " which he has , is fancy . He fometimes ...
Pàgina 16
... never been thought worthy of republica- tion , and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely .. Whene'er fhe bleeds , He no feverer a damnation needs , That That dares pronounce the sentence of her ...
... never been thought worthy of republica- tion , and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely .. Whene'er fhe bleeds , He no feverer a damnation needs , That That dares pronounce the sentence of her ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1857 |
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1864 |
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1854 |
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