The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... formed between them which lasted to their separation by death , without any known abatement on either part . Gay was the general favourite of the whole association of wits ; but they regarded him as a play - fellow rather than a partner ...
... formed between them which lasted to their separation by death , without any known abatement on either part . Gay was the general favourite of the whole association of wits ; but they regarded him as a play - fellow rather than a partner ...
Pàgina 45
... formed any distinct or settled notion . Phædrus evidently confounds them with tales ; and Gay both with tales and allegorical prosopopæias . A fable , or apologue , such as is now under consideration , seems to be , in its genuine state ...
... formed any distinct or settled notion . Phædrus evidently confounds them with tales ; and Gay both with tales and allegorical prosopopæias . A fable , or apologue , such as is now under consideration , seems to be , in its genuine state ...
Pàgina 56
... formed his poetical character , was supposed to be Pindaric . Having fixed his attention on Cowley as a model , he has attempted in some sort to rival him , and has written a Hymn to Darkness , evidently as a counterpart to Cowley's ...
... formed his poetical character , was supposed to be Pindaric . Having fixed his attention on Cowley as a model , he has attempted in some sort to rival him , and has written a Hymn to Darkness , evidently as a counterpart to Cowley's ...
Pàgina 74
... formed soon after a scheme for burying him in poverty and obscurity in his own ; and that his station of life , if not the place of his residence , might keep him for ever at a distance from her , she ordered him to be placed with a ...
... formed soon after a scheme for burying him in poverty and obscurity in his own ; and that his station of life , if not the place of his residence , might keep him for ever at a distance from her , she ordered him to be placed with a ...
Pàgina 82
... formed a tragedy , which , if the cir- cumstances in which he wrote it be considered , will afford at once an uncommon proof of strength of genius , and evenness of mind , of a serenity not to be ruffled , and an imagination not to be ...
... formed a tragedy , which , if the cir- cumstances in which he wrote it be considered , will afford at once an uncommon proof of strength of genius , and evenness of mind , of a serenity not to be ruffled , and an imagination not to be ...
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