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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... true , and partly erroneous . From Westminster School , where he was instructed as one of the king's scholars by Dr. Bufby , whom he long after continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one of the Westminster scholarships at ...
... true , and partly erroneous . From Westminster School , where he was instructed as one of the king's scholars by Dr. Bufby , whom he long after continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one of the Westminster scholarships at ...
Pàgina 28
... true , " was not this Huffcap once the Indian .66 Emperor , and at another time did he not " call himself Maximin ? Was not Lynda- raxa once called Almeira ? I mean under " Montezuma the Indian Emperor . I pro- " teft and vow they are ...
... true , " was not this Huffcap once the Indian .66 Emperor , and at another time did he not " call himself Maximin ? Was not Lynda- raxa once called Almeira ? I mean under " Montezuma the Indian Emperor . I pro- " teft and vow they are ...
Pàgina 46
... true ; but give me leave to tell you , that you are no hero . King Arthur is another opera . It was the laft work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to see it exhibit- ed ; and it does not feem to have been ever ...
... true ; but give me leave to tell you , that you are no hero . King Arthur is another opera . It was the laft work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to see it exhibit- ed ; and it does not feem to have been ever ...
Pàgina 55
... true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; where he says of Dryden , Though prais'd and beaten for another's rhymes , His own deserves as great applause sometimes . His reputation in time was fuch , that his name was thought neceffary to the ...
... true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; where he says of Dryden , Though prais'd and beaten for another's rhymes , His own deserves as great applause sometimes . His reputation in time was fuch , that his name was thought neceffary to the ...
Pàgina 64
... true , he had fomewhat to fink from in " matter of wit ; but as for his morals , it " is fcarce poffible for him to grow a worse man than he was . He has lately wreak- ❝ed his malice on me for spoiling his three " months labour ; but ...
... true , he had fomewhat to fink from in " matter of wit ; but as for his morals , it " is fcarce poffible for him to grow a worse man than he was . He has lately wreak- ❝ed his malice on me for spoiling his three " months labour ; but ...
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