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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... from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his first play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known , because it was not printed B 3 1 printed till it was fome years afterwards al- tered DRY DE N. in.
... from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his first play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known , because it was not printed B 3 1 printed till it was fome years afterwards al- tered DRY DE N. in.
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... play he made his effay of dramatick rhyme , which he defends in his dedication , with fufficient certainty of a favourable hearing ; for Orrery was him- felf a writer of rhyming tragedies , He then joined with Sir Robert Howard in the ...
... play he made his effay of dramatick rhyme , which he defends in his dedication , with fufficient certainty of a favourable hearing ; for Orrery was him- felf a writer of rhyming tragedies , He then joined with Sir Robert Howard in the ...
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... play is prefixed a very vehement defence of dramatick rhyme , in confutation of the preface to the Duke of Lerma , in which Sir Robert Howard had cenfured it . In 1667 , he published Annus Mirabilis , the Year of Wonders , which may be ...
... play is prefixed a very vehement defence of dramatick rhyme , in confutation of the preface to the Duke of Lerma , in which Sir Robert Howard had cenfured it . In 1667 , he published Annus Mirabilis , the Year of Wonders , which may be ...
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... plays , had cenfured his opi- nion . Dryden vindicated 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 ... play 10 DRY D E N.
... plays , had cenfured his opi- nion . Dryden vindicated 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 ... play 10 DRY D E N.
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... play is dated the year in which the Annus Mirabilis was published . Here ap- pears a ftrange inconfiftency ; but Lang- baine affords fome help , by relating that the anfwer to Howard was not published in the first edition of the play ...
... play is dated the year in which the Annus Mirabilis was published . Here ap- pears a ftrange inconfiftency ; but Lang- baine affords fome help , by relating that the anfwer to Howard was not published in the first edition of the play ...
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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