The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volume 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 - English poetry |
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... tion of Thomson's works , a poem on the death of Congreve , not before known , is here added ; and for the first time attention has been directed to a printed poem by Parnell , which Pope properly suffered to expire , but which no ...
... tion of Thomson's works , a poem on the death of Congreve , not before known , is here added ; and for the first time attention has been directed to a printed poem by Parnell , which Pope properly suffered to expire , but which no ...
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... tion . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imita- tion of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it appa- rently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the ...
... tion . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imita- tion of common life , of real manners , and daily incidents , it appa- rently presupposes a familiar knowledge of many characters , and exact observation of the ...
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... tion of Betterton the tragedian ; where he exhibited two years afterwards ( 1697 ) ' The Mourning Bride , ' a tragedy , so written as to show him sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when ...
... tion of Betterton the tragedian ; where he exhibited two years afterwards ( 1697 ) ' The Mourning Bride , ' a tragedy , so written as to show him sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when ...
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... reader with senseless consola- tion : from the grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star ; and where Amaryllis wept for Amyntas , from every tear sprung up a violet . 3 But William is his hero , and of William he 26 CONGREVE .
... reader with senseless consola- tion : from the grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star ; and where Amaryllis wept for Amyntas , from every tear sprung up a violet . 3 But William is his hero , and of William he 26 CONGREVE .
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... tion of acute grammarians and commentators - men who have been copying one another many hundred years without any improvement ; or , if they have ventured farther , have only applied in a mechanical manner the rules of ancient critics ...
... tion of acute grammarians and commentators - men who have been copying one another many hundred years without any improvement ; or , if they have ventured farther , have only applied in a mechanical manner the rules of ancient critics ...
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