The lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Rivington, 1820 |
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Page 27
... allowed its Author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Hali- fax , who immediately made him one of the com- missioners for licensing coaches , and soon ...
... allowed its Author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer ; for it procured him the patronage of Hali- fax , who immediately made him one of the com- missioners for licensing coaches , and soon ...
Page 55
... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically , and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with closeness . This is a skill which Pope might have condescended ...
... allowed to be difficult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically , and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with closeness . This is a skill which Pope might have condescended ...
Page 75
... a lower order . " He had not in any great degree the mens divinior , the dignity of genius . Much however must be allowed to the author of a new ⚫Spence . + Ibid . + Ibid . species of composition , though it be not of the GAY .
... a lower order . " He had not in any great degree the mens divinior , the dignity of genius . Much however must be allowed to the author of a new ⚫Spence . + Ibid . + Ibid . species of composition , though it be not of the GAY .
Page 77
... allowed all that it claims ; it is sprightly , various , and pleasant . The subject is of that kind which - Gay was by nature qualified to adorn ; yet some of his decorations may be justly wished away . An honest blacksmith might have ...
... allowed all that it claims ; it is sprightly , various , and pleasant . The subject is of that kind which - Gay was by nature qualified to adorn ; yet some of his decorations may be justly wished away . An honest blacksmith might have ...
Page 85
... allowed . But by a critic of a later generation , who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praise already received will be thought suffi cient ; for his works do not shew him to have had much comprehension from ...
... allowed . But by a critic of a later generation , who takes up his book without any favourable prejudices , the praise already received will be thought suffi cient ; for his works do not shew him to have had much comprehension from ...
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