The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1C. Bathurst, 1783 |
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... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly fet him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friend- ship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly fet him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friend- ship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
Pàgina 4
... written but printed in his thirteenth year ; contain- ing , with other poetical compofitions , “ The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Conftantia and Philetus , " written two years ...
... written but printed in his thirteenth year ; contain- ing , with other poetical compofitions , “ The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Conftantia and Philetus , " written two years ...
Pàgina 5
... written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his Davideis ; a work of which the materials could not have been collected with- out the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . 66 Two ...
... written , while he was yet a young ftudent , the greater part of his Davideis ; a work of which the materials could not have been collected with- out the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . 66 Two ...
Pàgina 6
... written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and re- peated by the fcholars . That this comedy was printed during his abfence from his coun- try , he appears to have confidered as inju- rious to his reputation ; though , during the ...
... written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and re- peated by the fcholars . That this comedy was printed during his abfence from his coun- try , he appears to have confidered as inju- rious to his reputation ; though , during the ...
Pàgina 10
... written like thofe of other men whofe mind is more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his repu- tation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeafonable elegance , and to have known that the ...
... written like thofe of other men whofe mind is more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his repu- tation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeafonable elegance , and to have known that the ...
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