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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... writing and publishing is not always the fame ; nor can the first edi- tions be easily found , if even from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his first play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known ...
... writing and publishing is not always the fame ; nor can the first edi- tions be easily found , if even from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his first play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known ...
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... written , from the dates of some , those of others may be inferred ; and thus it may be collected that in 1663 , in the thirty - fe- cond year of his life , he commenced a wri- · ter for the ftage ; compelled undoubtedly by neceffity ...
... written , from the dates of some , those of others may be inferred ; and thus it may be collected that in 1663 , in the thirty - fe- cond year of his life , he commenced a wri- · ter for the ftage ; compelled undoubtedly by neceffity ...
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... written on them is " much better than what I have performed 66 • on any other . As I have endeavoured to " adorn my poem with noble thoughts , fo " much more to express those thoughts with " elocution . " It is written in quatrains , or ...
... written on them is " much better than what I have performed 66 • on any other . As I have endeavoured to " adorn my poem with noble thoughts , fo " much more to express those thoughts with " elocution . " It is written in quatrains , or ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. It is written in quatrains , or heroick stan- zas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ma- jeftick ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. It is written in quatrains , or heroick stan- zas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ma- jeftick ...
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... writing both for the theatre , were naturally rivals . He was now fo much diftinguished , that in 1668 he fucceeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureat . The falary of the laureat had been raised in favour of Jonfon , by Charles the ...
... writing both for the theatre , were naturally rivals . He was now fo much diftinguished , that in 1668 he fucceeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureat . The falary of the laureat had been raised in favour of Jonfon , by Charles the ...
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