Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 68
... play does not suffi- ciently correspond with the behaviour of Calista , who at last shews no evident signs of repentance , but may be reasonably suspected of feeling pain from detection rather than from guilt , and expresses more shame ...
... play does not suffi- ciently correspond with the behaviour of Calista , who at last shews no evident signs of repentance , but may be reasonably suspected of feeling pain from detection rather than from guilt , and expresses more shame ...
Page 104
... play . But the translator and the critick are now forgotten 3 . 70 71 72 Dennis lived on unanswered , and , therefore , little read : Addison knew the policy of literature too well to make his enemy important by drawing the attention of ...
... play . But the translator and the critick are now forgotten 3 . 70 71 72 Dennis lived on unanswered , and , therefore , little read : Addison knew the policy of literature too well to make his enemy important by drawing the attention of ...
Page 340
... play upon the stage in the summer , when the chief actors had retired and the rest were in possession of the house for their own advantage . Among these , Mr. Savage was admitted to play the part of Sir Thomas Overbury , by which he ...
... play upon the stage in the summer , when the chief actors had retired and the rest were in possession of the house for their own advantage . Among these , Mr. Savage was admitted to play the part of Sir Thomas Overbury , by which he ...
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