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 11
... and inftruc- tive dialogue ; in which we are told by Prior , that the principal character is meant to represent the duke of Dorfet . This work feems UNIVERS AR.a MOYNA PRAZE 1 feems to have given Addison a model for his DRY D E N. II.
... and inftruc- tive dialogue ; in which we are told by Prior , that the principal character is meant to represent the duke of Dorfet . This work feems UNIVERS AR.a MOYNA PRAZE 1 feems to have given Addison a model for his DRY D E N. II.
Pàgina 30
... himself , and be " fo critical in other men's writings . For- " tune is fancied standing on a globe , not on a fphere , as he told us in the first A & . 66 6 " Because " Because Elkanah's Similies are the most unlike things to 30 DRY DE N.
... himself , and be " fo critical in other men's writings . For- " tune is fancied standing on a globe , not on a fphere , as he told us in the first A & . 66 6 " Because " Because Elkanah's Similies are the most unlike things to 30 DRY DE N.
Pàgina 34
... told him piling his men upon his back might do the feat , he would scarce " bear fuch a weight , for the pleasure of the exploit ; but it is a huff , and let Abdalla " do it if he dare . << & C " The people like a headlong torrent go ...
... told him piling his men upon his back might do the feat , he would scarce " bear fuch a weight , for the pleasure of the exploit ; but it is a huff , and let Abdalla " do it if he dare . << & C " The people like a headlong torrent go ...
Pàgina 43
... told it more plainly in his preface to Juvenal . " The " defign , " fays he , " you know is great , " the ftory English , and neither too near " the present times , nor too distant from " them . " All for Love , or the World well loft ...
... told it more plainly in his preface to Juvenal . " The " defign , " fays he , " you know is great , " the ftory English , and neither too near " the present times , nor too distant from " them . " All for Love , or the World well loft ...
Pàgina 46
... told in the theatre , upon which the company de- parted , and Arthur was exhibited no more . His laft drama was Love triumphant , a tragi - comedy . In his dedication to the earl of Salisbury he mentions the lowness of for- tune to ...
... told in the theatre , upon which the company de- parted , and Arthur was exhibited no more . His laft drama was Love triumphant , a tragi - comedy . In his dedication to the earl of Salisbury he mentions the lowness of for- tune to ...
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