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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... friends . " If this be not a very liberal mess , I will " refer myself to the ftomach of any mo- " derate gueft . And a rare mess it is , far 66 excelling any Westminster white - broth . " It is a kind of gibblet porridge , made " of ...
... friends . " If this be not a very liberal mess , I will " refer myself to the ftomach of any mo- " derate gueft . And a rare mess it is , far 66 excelling any Westminster white - broth . " It is a kind of gibblet porridge , made " of ...
Page 38
... friends and enemies ; and partly by the popularity which it obtained at first , and partly by the real power both of the ferious and rifible part , it continued long a favourite of the publick . It was Dryden's opinion , at least for ...
... friends and enemies ; and partly by the popularity which it obtained at first , and partly by the real power both of the ferious and rifible part , it continued long a favourite of the publick . It was Dryden's opinion , at least for ...
Page 50
... friend of Cowley , then his chaplain . Dryden and his friends laughed at the length of time , and the number of hands employed upon this per- formance ; in which , though by some ar- tifice of action it yet keeps poffeffion of the ftage ...
... friend of Cowley , then his chaplain . Dryden and his friends laughed at the length of time , and the number of hands employed upon this per- formance ; in which , though by some ar- tifice of action it yet keeps poffeffion of the ftage ...
Page 58
... friends . The poem of Abfalom and Achitophel had two answers , now both forgotten ; one cal- led Azaria and Hubai ; the other Abfalom fenior . Of these hoftile compofitions , Dry- den apparently imputes Abfalom fenior to Settle , by ...
... friends . The poem of Abfalom and Achitophel had two answers , now both forgotten ; one cal- led Azaria and Hubai ; the other Abfalom fenior . Of these hoftile compofitions , Dry- den apparently imputes Abfalom fenior to Settle , by ...
Page 82
... friendship , " where he profeffed it , went beyond his profeffions . He was of a very easy , " of very pleasing accefs ; but somewhat " flow , and , as it were , diffident in his ad- " vances to others : he had that in his na- " ture ...
... friendship , " where he profeffed it , went beyond his profeffions . He was of a very easy , " of very pleasing accefs ; but somewhat " flow , and , as it were , diffident in his ad- " vances to others : he had that in his na- " ture ...
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