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 3
... was perfecuted with perpetual ridicule perhaps with more than was deferved . Silence is indeed mere privation ; and , fo confidered , cannot B 2 invade ; invade ; but privation likewise certainly is darkness , and DRYDEN . 3.
... was perfecuted with perpetual ridicule perhaps with more than was deferved . Silence is indeed mere privation ; and , fo confidered , cannot B 2 invade ; invade ; but privation likewise certainly is darkness , and DRYDEN . 3.
Pàgina 6
... perhaps knew that by his dexterity of verfification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very readily adopted his matter's preference . He there- fore made rhyming tragedies , till , by the preva lence of ...
... perhaps knew that by his dexterity of verfification he was more likely to excel others in rhyme than without it , very readily adopted his matter's preference . He there- fore made rhyming tragedies , till , by the preva lence of ...
Pàgina 11
... perhaps a fufficient fpecimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been thought worthy of republication , and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely . Whene'er the bleeds , He no ...
... perhaps a fufficient fpecimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been thought worthy of republication , and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely . Whene'er the bleeds , He no ...
Pàgina 16
... perhaps the greateft offender . Against thofe that accufed him of plagiarifm he alleges a favourable expreffion of the king : " He only defired , that they " who accufe me of thefts would fteal him plays " like mine ; " and then relates ...
... perhaps the greateft offender . Against thofe that accufed him of plagiarifm he alleges a favourable expreffion of the king : " He only defired , that they " who accufe me of thefts would fteal him plays " like mine ; " and then relates ...
Pàgina 17
... perhaps fhortness of time was his private boast in the form of an apology . It was written before the Conqueft of Gra- nada , but published after it . The defign is to recommend piety . " I confidered that pleasure " was not the only ...
... perhaps fhortness of time was his private boast in the form of an apology . It was written before the Conqueft of Gra- nada , but published after it . The defign is to recommend piety . " I confidered that pleasure " was not the only ...
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