The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 - English poetry Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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... say that darkness hinders him from his work ; or that cold has killed the plants . Death is alfo privation , yet who has made any diffi- culty of affigning to Death a dart and the power of striking ? In fettling the order of his works ...
... say that darkness hinders him from his work ; or that cold has killed the plants . Death is alfo privation , yet who has made any diffi- culty of affigning to Death a dart and the power of striking ? In fettling the order of his works ...
Page 15
... says , " To conclude this act with " the most rumbling piece of nonfenfe " spoken yet , 66 " To flattering lightning our feign'd fmiles " conform , " Which back'd with thunder do but gild a " ftorm . Conform a fmile to lightning , make ...
... says , " To conclude this act with " the most rumbling piece of nonfenfe " spoken yet , 66 " To flattering lightning our feign'd fmiles " conform , " Which back'd with thunder do but gild a " ftorm . Conform a fmile to lightning , make ...
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... say that his answer is equal to the cenfure , is no high commendation . To expofe Dryden's me- thod of analyfing his expreffions , he tries the fame experiment upon the defcription of the ships in the Indian Emperor , of which however ...
... say that his answer is equal to the cenfure , is no high commendation . To expofe Dryden's me- thod of analyfing his expreffions , he tries the fame experiment upon the defcription of the ships in the Indian Emperor , of which however ...
Page 68
... says Bayes , little more is necessary than to leave off a correspondence with the other fex , which , to a wife man , is no greater a punish- ment than it would be to a fanatic parfon to be forbid feeing the Cheats and the Committee ...
... says Bayes , little more is necessary than to leave off a correspondence with the other fex , which , to a wife man , is no greater a punish- ment than it would be to a fanatic parfon to be forbid feeing the Cheats and the Committee ...
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... says , " Go , go . She repeated her former words " with all her ftrength , but in vain ; for " her feeble voice was loft in their accla- " mations of joy ; and the lord Jefferies or- “ dered the hearfemen to carry the corpse to " Mr ...
... says , " Go , go . She repeated her former words " with all her ftrength , but in vain ; for " her feeble voice was loft in their accla- " mations of joy ; and the lord Jefferies or- “ dered the hearfemen to carry the corpse to " Mr ...
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Addiſon afterwards againſt almoſt anſwer becauſe Cato cenfure character Charles Dryden compofitions confidered converfation criticiſm criticks defign defired diction diſcover Dryden duke eafily earl eaſy Effay elegant Engliſh excellence faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems felf fent fentence fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friends ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fure genius himſelf houſe intereſt itſelf John Dryden juſt king laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs lord maſter ment moſt muſt neceffary never obferved occafion paffages paffed paffions perfon perhaps play pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſed reaſon rhyme ſay ſcenes ſeems Sempronius ſhall ſhe ſkill ſome ſtage Steele ſtory ſtudy ſuch ſuppoſed Syphax Tatler thefe theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy tranflated Tyrannick Love uſe verfe verfion verſes Virgil Whig whofe whoſe write written