The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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Page 34
... She always re- membered her own rank , and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her fon . Rowe's ballad of the De- Spairing Shepherd is faid to have been written , either before or after marriage ...
... She always re- membered her own rank , and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her fon . Rowe's ballad of the De- Spairing Shepherd is faid to have been written , either before or after marriage ...
Page 53
... she be bridled ? because she longs to launch ; an act which was never hindered by a bridle and whither will fhe launch ? into a nobler ftrain . She is in the first line a horse , in the fecond a boat ; and the care of the poet is to ...
... she be bridled ? because she longs to launch ; an act which was never hindered by a bridle and whither will fhe launch ? into a nobler ftrain . She is in the first line a horse , in the fecond a boat ; and the care of the poet is to ...
Page 70
... she is found out then , it seems . СС " ( But how to gain admiffion ? for access " Is giv'n to none , but Juba and her bro- " thers . But , raillery apart , why accefs to Juba ? for he was owned and received as a lover " neither ...
... she is found out then , it seems . СС " ( But how to gain admiffion ? for access " Is giv'n to none , but Juba and her bro- " thers . But , raillery apart , why accefs to Juba ? for he was owned and received as a lover " neither ...
Page 73
... lodged , fince we have not heard 66 one word , fince the play began , of her being " at all out of harbour : and if we confider " the discourse with which she and Lucia begin " the " the Act , we have reason to believe that ADDISON . 73.
... lodged , fince we have not heard 66 one word , fince the play began , of her being " at all out of harbour : and if we confider " the discourse with which she and Lucia begin " the " the Act , we have reason to believe that ADDISON . 73.
Page 74
... she must be carried at last ? Now " here , instead of having his thoughts upon " his business , and upon the present danger ; " instead of meditating and contriving how he " shall pass with his mistress through the " southern gate ...
... she must be carried at last ? Now " here , instead of having his thoughts upon " his business , and upon the present danger ; " instead of meditating and contriving how he " shall pass with his mistress through the " southern gate ...
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