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 3
... thought himself injured , he knew how to complain . In the Life of Plu- tarch he mentions his education in the Col- lege with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Oxford , he has these lines : B 2 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name shall be ...
... thought himself injured , he knew how to complain . In the Life of Plu- tarch he mentions his education in the Col- lege with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Oxford , he has these lines : B 2 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name shall be ...
Pàgina 9
... thoughts , so " much more to express those thoughts with " elocution . " 1 * It is written in quatrains , or heroick It DRYDEN . 9.
... thoughts , so " much more to express those thoughts with " elocution . " 1 * It is written in quatrains , or heroick It DRYDEN . 9.
Pàgina 10
... thought the most ma- jeftick that the English language affords . Of this ftanza he mentions the encum- brances , encreased as they were by the ex- actness which the age required . It was , throughout his life , very much his custom to ...
... thought the most ma- jeftick that the English language affords . Of this ftanza he mentions the encum- brances , encreased as they were by the ex- actness which the age required . It was , throughout his life , very much his custom to ...
Pàgina 13
... thought extremely pleasant and furprifing ; and those first thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin proverb , were not always the least happy ; " and as his fancy was quick , fo likewise 66 were the products of it remote and new . " He ...
... thought extremely pleasant and furprifing ; and those first thoughts of his , contrary to the Latin proverb , were not always the least happy ; " and as his fancy was quick , fo likewise 66 were the products of it remote and new . " He ...
Pàgina 14
... thought , which he can 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 ...
... thought , which he can 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 ...
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