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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Pàgina 6
... moft elaborate works . " It is addrefled to Sir Robert Howard by a letter , which is not properly a dedication ; and , writing to a poet , he has interfperfed many critical obfer- vations , of which fome are common , and fome perhaps ...
... moft elaborate works . " It is addrefled to Sir Robert Howard by a letter , which is not properly a dedication ; and , writing to a poet , he has interfperfed many critical obfer- vations , of which fome are common , and fome perhaps ...
Pàgina 8
... and at first without the name of the author . Langbaine charges it , like moft of the reft , with plagiarism ; and obferves , that the fong is tranflated from Voi- ture , ture , allowing however that both the fenfe and measure 8 DRYDEN .
... and at first without the name of the author . Langbaine charges it , like moft of the reft , with plagiarism ; and obferves , that the fong is tranflated from Voi- ture , ture , allowing however that both the fenfe and measure 8 DRYDEN .
Pàgina 10
... moft deplored understanding , without " reading and converfation . His being is in a twi- 66 light of fenfe , and fome glimmering of thought , " which he can never fashion into wit or English . " His ftyle is boisterous and rough - hewn ...
... moft deplored understanding , without " reading and converfation . His being is in a twi- 66 light of fenfe , and fome glimmering of thought , " which he can never fashion into wit or English . " His ftyle is boisterous and rough - hewn ...
Pàgina 29
... moft elaborate of all the dramas . The perfonages are imperial ; but the dialogue is often domeftick , and therefore fufcep- tible of fentiments accommodated to familiar inci- dents . The complaint of life is celebrated , and there are ...
... moft elaborate of all the dramas . The perfonages are imperial ; but the dialogue is often domeftick , and therefore fufcep- tible of fentiments accommodated to familiar inci- dents . The complaint of life is celebrated , and there are ...
Pàgina 34
... moft diftinguished wits of the no- bility , the Duke of Buckingham and Earl of Ro- chefter , declared themfelves his enemies . Buckingham characterifed him , in 1671 , by the name of Bayes in the Rehearsal ; a farce which he is faid to ...
... moft diftinguished wits of the no- bility , the Duke of Buckingham and Earl of Ro- chefter , declared themfelves his enemies . Buckingham characterifed him , in 1671 , by the name of Bayes in the Rehearsal ; a farce which he is faid to ...
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