Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 60
... Biog . Brit . pp . 2131-2 ; ante , MILTON , 143 , n . 4 . Ante , WALLER , 113 . 7 Thus translated in the Biog . Brit . p . 2132 : - ' Yet not with wea- pons do these swarms of mounte- banks inflict wounds , but with some nostrum more ...
... Biog . Brit . pp . 2131-2 ; ante , MILTON , 143 , n . 4 . Ante , WALLER , 113 . 7 Thus translated in the Biog . Brit . p . 2132 : - ' Yet not with wea- pons do these swarms of mounte- banks inflict wounds , but with some nostrum more ...
Page 215
... Biog . Brit . p . 1441 , where Cap- tain Southerne is given as the au- thority . 5 Dryden was a bad reader ( ante , DRYDEN , 190 n . 5 ) , and so were Cor- neille , Swift ( post , SWIFT , 119 n . ) , Thomson ( post , THOMSON , 44 ) ...
... Biog . Brit . p . 1441 , where Cap- tain Southerne is given as the au- thority . 5 Dryden was a bad reader ( ante , DRYDEN , 190 n . 5 ) , and so were Cor- neille , Swift ( post , SWIFT , 119 n . ) , Thomson ( post , THOMSON , 44 ) ...
Page 290
... Biog . Dram . ii . 345 . 2 Downes , writing of it under the title of The She Gallants , says it was ' extraordinary witty and well acted ; but offending the ears of some ladies who set up for chastity , it made its exit . ' Roscius ...
... Biog . Dram . ii . 345 . 2 Downes , writing of it under the title of The She Gallants , says it was ' extraordinary witty and well acted ; but offending the ears of some ladies who set up for chastity , it made its exit . ' Roscius ...
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