The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Nichols and Son, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, 1801 |
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... mind through the whole series of his dramatic performances ; it will be fit , however , to enumerate them , and to take efpecial notice of thofe that are diftinguifhed by any peculiarity , in- trinfick or concomitant ; for the ...
... mind through the whole series of his dramatic performances ; it will be fit , however , to enumerate them , and to take efpecial notice of thofe that are diftinguifhed by any peculiarity , in- trinfick or concomitant ; for the ...
Pàgina 9
... minds was , that to Shakspeare's monfter Caliban is added a fifter - monfter Syco- rax ; and a woman , who , in the original play , had never feen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never feen a woman . About this ...
... minds was , that to Shakspeare's monfter Caliban is added a fifter - monfter Syco- rax ; and a woman , who , in the original play , had never feen a man , is in this brought acquainted with a man that had never feen a woman . About this ...
Pàgina 15
... . " Such was the criticifm to which the genius of Dryden could be reduced , between rage and ter- rour ; rage with little provocation , and terrour with with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus DRYDEN . 15.
... . " Such was the criticifm to which the genius of Dryden could be reduced , between rage and ter- rour ; rage with little provocation , and terrour with with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus DRYDEN . 15.
Pàgina 16
... minds thus levelled with the meanett , may produce fome fo- lace to the confcioufnefs of weakness , and fome mortification to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered , that minds are not levelled in their powers but when they are ...
... minds thus levelled with the meanett , may produce fome fo- lace to the confcioufnefs of weakness , and fome mortification to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered , that minds are not levelled in their powers but when they are ...
Pàgina 32
... mind , is confeiled by the author to be defective . Thus he began and ended his dramatick labours with ill fuccefs . From fuch a number of theatrical pieces it will be fuppofed , by most readers , that he must have improved his fortune ...
... mind , is confeiled by the author to be defective . Thus he began and ended his dramatick labours with ill fuccefs . From fuch a number of theatrical pieces it will be fuppofed , by most readers , that he must have improved his fortune ...
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