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 5
... tion's be eafily found , if even from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his firft play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known , because it was not printed B 3 printed till it was fome years afterwards ...
... tion's be eafily found , if even from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his firft play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known , because it was not printed B 3 printed till it was fome years afterwards ...
Pàgina 7
... tion and fate of eight and twenty dramas in- clude too much of a poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he published the Rival Ladies , which he dedicated to the Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman ...
... tion and fate of eight and twenty dramas in- clude too much of a poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he published the Rival Ladies , which he dedicated to the Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman ...
Pàgina 16
... 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 death , Than 16 DRY D E N.
... 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 death , Than 16 DRY D E N.
Pàgina 23
... tion , and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce fome folace to the con- sciousness of weakness , and some mortifica- tion to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered ...
... tion , and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce fome folace to the con- sciousness of weakness , and some mortifica- tion to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered ...
Pàgina 39
... then oppofed . A parallel is intended between the Leaguers of France and the Covenanters of England ; and this inten- tion produced the controversy . D 4 Albion Albion and Albania is a mufical drama or opera , DRY D E N. 39 .
... then oppofed . A parallel is intended between the Leaguers of France and the Covenanters of England ; and this inten- tion produced the controversy . D 4 Albion Albion and Albania is a mufical drama or opera , DRY D E N. 39 .
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