The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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Page 39
... less easy for the spectator to fuppofe himself at Athens in the second act , than at Thebes in the firft ; but to change the fcene , as is done by Rowe , in the middle of an act , is to add more acts to the play , fince an act is fo ...
... less easy for the spectator to fuppofe himself at Athens in the second act , than at Thebes in the firft ; but to change the fcene , as is done by Rowe , in the middle of an act , is to add more acts to the play , fince an act is fo ...
Page 80
... less fufpected of favouring his memory , declares that he wrote very fluently , but was flow and fcrupulous in correcting ; that many of hist Spectators were written very faft , and fent immediately to the prefs ; and that it seemed to ...
... less fufpected of favouring his memory , declares that he wrote very fluently , but was flow and fcrupulous in correcting ; that many of hist Spectators were written very faft , and fent immediately to the prefs ; and that it seemed to ...
Page 83
... less ex- tenfive than that of Addifon , will fhew , that to write , and to live , are very different . Many who praife vir- tue , do no more than praise it . Yet it is reafonable to believe that Addifon's profeffions and practice were ...
... less ex- tenfive than that of Addifon , will fhew , that to write , and to live , are very different . Many who praife vir- tue , do no more than praise it . Yet it is reafonable to believe that Addifon's profeffions and practice were ...
Page 86
... less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There is , however , one broken metaphor , of which notice may properly be taken : Fir'd with that name— I bridle in my struggling Mufe with pain , That longs to launch into a ...
... less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There is , however , one broken metaphor , of which notice may properly be taken : Fir'd with that name— I bridle in my struggling Mufe with pain , That longs to launch into a ...
Page 109
... less impreffion ' on the mind . Before the profound obfervers of the prefent race re- pofé too fecurely on the consciousness of their fupe- Fiority to Addifon , let them confider his Remarks on : Ovid , in which may be found fpecimens ...
... less impreffion ' on the mind . Before the profound obfervers of the prefent race re- pofé too fecurely on the consciousness of their fupe- Fiority to Addifon , let them confider his Remarks on : Ovid , in which may be found fpecimens ...
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