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 30
... use " it . I would defire him to expound those " lines in Granada : " I'll to the turrets of the palace go , “ And add new fire to those that fight below . " Thence , hero - like , with torches by my fide , << ( Far be the omen tho ...
... use " it . I would defire him to expound those " lines in Granada : " I'll to the turrets of the palace go , “ And add new fire to those that fight below . " Thence , hero - like , with torches by my fide , << ( Far be the omen tho ...
Pàgina 40
... , then dutchess of York , in a ftrain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which it was wonderful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words , could ufe use without felf - deteftation . It is an at- 40 DRY D E N.
... , then dutchess of York , in a ftrain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which it was wonderful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words , could ufe use without felf - deteftation . It is an at- 40 DRY D E N.
Pàgina 41
... use of bold fictions and ambitious figures . 66 The reafon which he gives for printing what was never acted , cannot be overpassed : " I was induced to it in my own defence , many hundred copies of it being dispersed " abroad without my ...
... use of bold fictions and ambitious figures . 66 The reafon which he gives for printing what was never acted , cannot be overpassed : " I was induced to it in my own defence , many hundred copies of it being dispersed " abroad without my ...
Pàgina 63
... use of his name was a pious fraud , which however seems not to have had much effect ; for neither of the books , I believe , was ever popular . The verfion of Xavier's Life is commend- ed by Brown , in a pamphlet not written to flatter ...
... use of his name was a pious fraud , which however seems not to have had much effect ; for neither of the books , I believe , was ever popular . The verfion of Xavier's Life is commend- ed by Brown , in a pamphlet not written to flatter ...
Pàgina 100
... use of Alexander's Feaft . In those days the economy of government was yet unfettled , and the payments of the Exchequer were dilatory and uncertain : of this diforder there is reafon to believe that the Laureat fometimes felt the ...
... use of Alexander's Feaft . In those days the economy of government was yet unfettled , and the payments of the Exchequer were dilatory and uncertain : of this diforder there is reafon to believe that the Laureat fometimes felt the ...
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