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 43
... present times , nor too distant from " them . " All for Love , or the World well loft , a tra- gedy founded upon the story of Antony and Cleopatra , he tells us , is the only play which be wrote for himself ; the reft were given to the ...
... present times , nor too distant from " them . " All for Love , or the World well loft , a tra- gedy founded upon the story of Antony and Cleopatra , he tells us , is the only play which be wrote for himself ; the reft were given to the ...
Pàgina 101
... present age , though in his own time , at least in the beginning of it , he was far from having it confined to himself . He put great confidence in the prognostications of judicial astrology . In the Appendix to the Life of Congreve is ...
... present age , though in his own time , at least in the beginning of it , he was far from having it confined to himself . He put great confidence in the prognostications of judicial astrology . In the Appendix to the Life of Congreve is ...
Pàgina 156
... present To learn her fecret caufe of difcontent , Which well she hop'd , might be with ease re- drefs'd , Confidering her a well - bred civil beaft , And more a gentlewoman than the reft . After fome common talk what rumours ran , The ...
... present To learn her fecret caufe of difcontent , Which well she hop'd , might be with ease re- drefs'd , Confidering her a well - bred civil beaft , And more a gentlewoman than the reft . After fome common talk what rumours ran , The ...
Pàgina 182
... present to his mind , an idea of pure perfection ; nor compare his works , such as they were , with what they might be made . He knew to whom he should be opposed . He had more mufick than Waller , more vigour than Denham , and more ...
... present to his mind , an idea of pure perfection ; nor compare his works , such as they were , with what they might be made . He knew to whom he should be opposed . He had more mufick than Waller , more vigour than Denham , and more ...
Pàgina 187
... present state . They are fometimes grateful to the reader , and fometimes con- venient to the poet . that Dryden was too fparing in their use . Fenton was of opinion liberal and Pope too The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he ...
... present state . They are fometimes grateful to the reader , and fometimes con- venient to the poet . that Dryden was too fparing in their use . Fenton was of opinion liberal and Pope too The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he ...
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