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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... please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity of verfification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very readily adopted his master's prefer- ence . He therefore made rhyming trage- dies , till , by the ...
... please , and who perhaps knew that by his dexterity of verfification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very readily adopted his master's prefer- ence . He therefore made rhyming trage- dies , till , by the ...
Pàgina 12
... please .. upon Sir Martin Marall is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the author . Lang- baine charges it , like most of the rest , with plagiarism ; and obferves that the fong is ...
... please .. upon Sir Martin Marall is a comedy , published without preface or dedication , and at first without the name of the author . Lang- baine charges it , like most of the rest , with plagiarism ; and obferves that the fong is ...
Pàgina 18
... orbs , fpheres , track , " hideous draughts , dark characters , white forms , and radiant lights , defigned not only " to please appetite , and indulge luxury ; 66 " " but but it is alfo phyfical , being an approved " 18 DR Y DE N.
... orbs , fpheres , track , " hideous draughts , dark characters , white forms , and radiant lights , defigned not only " to please appetite , and indulge luxury ; 66 " " but but it is alfo phyfical , being an approved " 18 DR Y DE N.
Pàgina 87
... please fuperiours is not the lowest kind of merit . Favour is not al- The merit of pleafing muft , however , be eftimated by the means , ways gained by good actions or laudable qua lities Careffes and preferments are often bestowed on ...
... please fuperiours is not the lowest kind of merit . Favour is not al- The merit of pleafing muft , however , be eftimated by the means , ways gained by good actions or laudable qua lities Careffes and preferments are often bestowed on ...
Pàgina 124
... please his ear with the stanza of four lines alternately rhymed . Dryden very early formed his versification : there are in this early production no traces of of Donne's or Jonfon's ruggedness ; but he did not 124 DRY DE N.
... please his ear with the stanza of four lines alternately rhymed . Dryden very early formed his versification : there are in this early production no traces of of Donne's or Jonfon's ruggedness ; but he did not 124 DRY DE N.
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