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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... himself injured , he knew how to complain . In the Life of Plu- tarch he mentions his education in the Col- lege with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Oxford , he has these lines : B 2 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name fhall be Than ...
... himself injured , he knew how to complain . In the Life of Plu- tarch he mentions his education in the Col- lege with gratitude ; but in a prologue at Oxford , he has these lines : B 2 Oxford Oxford to him a dearer name fhall be Than ...
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... himself with his own dramas . 1 Of the ftage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals who fometimes prevailed , or the censure of cri- ticks , which was often ...
... himself with his own dramas . 1 Of the ftage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals who fometimes prevailed , or the censure of cri- ticks , which was often ...
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... himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of Lerma , animad- verted on the Vindication ; and Dryden , in a Preface to the Indian Emperor , replied to the Animadverfions with great afperity , and ...
... himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of Lerma , animad- verted on the Vindication ; and Dryden , in a Preface to the Indian Emperor , replied to the Animadverfions with great afperity , and ...
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... himself by the com- parison , he shews faults distinctly , and only praises excellence in general terms . A play thus written , in profeffed defiance of probability , naturally drew down upon it- felf the vultures of the theatre . One ...
... himself by the com- parison , he shews faults distinctly , and only praises excellence in general terms . A play thus written , in profeffed defiance of probability , naturally drew down upon it- felf the vultures of the theatre . One ...
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... himself Maximin ? Was not Lynda- " raxa once called Almeira ? I mean under " Montezuma the Indian Emperor . I pro- " teft and vow they are either the fame , or " fo alike that I cannot , for my heart , dif- " tinguish one from the other ...
... himself Maximin ? Was not Lynda- " raxa once called Almeira ? I mean under " Montezuma the Indian Emperor . I pro- " teft and vow they are either the fame , or " fo alike that I cannot , for my heart , dif- " tinguish one from the other ...
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