The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, Volume 31781 |
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... published the City Moufe and Country Mouse , to ridicule Dryden's Hind and Panther , in conjunction with Mr. Mon- tague . There is a ftory * of great pain fuf- fered , and of tears fhed , on this occafion , by Dryden , who thought it ...
... published the City Moufe and Country Mouse , to ridicule Dryden's Hind and Panther , in conjunction with Mr. Mon- tague . There is a ftory * of great pain fuf- fered , and of tears fhed , on this occafion , by Dryden , who thought it ...
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... published , In the parliament that met in 1701 , he was chofen reprefentative of Eaft Grinstead , Perhaps it was about this time that he chan → ged his party ; for he voted for the impeach- ment of thofe lords who had perfuaded the ...
... published , In the parliament that met in 1701 , he was chofen reprefentative of Eaft Grinstead , Perhaps it was about this time that he chan → ged his party ; for he voted for the impeach- ment of thofe lords who had perfuaded the ...
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... published , written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and fometimes as is faid by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verfes to Godolphin upon the lofs of his place , was written by Prior ...
... published , written , as it happened , by any wit of the party , and fometimes as is faid by Mrs. Manley . Some are owned by Swift ; and one , in ridicule of Garth's verfes to Godolphin upon the lofs of his place , was written by Prior ...
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... published Hiftrio - maftix , a huge volume , in which ftage - plays were cenfured . The outrages and crimes of the Puritans brought afterwards their whole fyf- E 3 tem tem of doctrine into disrepute , and from the Restoration CONGRE V E.
... published Hiftrio - maftix , a huge volume , in which ftage - plays were cenfured . The outrages and crimes of the Puritans brought afterwards their whole fyf- E 3 tem tem of doctrine into disrepute , and from the Restoration CONGRE V E.
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... published A fport View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage , I believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest indig- nation . He was formed for a controvert- ift ; with fufficient learning ; with diction ...
... published A fport View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage , I believe with no other motive than religious zeal and honest indig- nation . He was formed for a controvert- ift ; with fufficient learning ; with diction ...
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Page 212 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to...
Page 442 - But if you had supped with me, as in all reason you ought to have done, you must then have drank with me.
Page 213 - Savage then imagined his task over, and expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
Page 442 - Ay, any one that did not know so well as I do might believe you. But since you are come, I must get some supper for you, I suppose.
Page 63 - He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt before ; but he feels it with great increase of sensibility ; he recognizes a familiar image, but meets it again amplified and expanded, embellished with -beauty and enlarged with majesty.
Page 223 - During a considerable part of the time in which he was employed upon this performance he was without lodging, and often without meat; nor had he any other conveniences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him; there he used to walk and form his speeches, and afterwards step into a shop, beg for a few moments the use of the pen and ink, and write down what he had composed upon paper which he had picked up by accident.
Page 131 - He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. — When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve ; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly, or be damned confoundedly.
Page 176 - I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to...
Page 175 - Button's coffee-house, where I used to see him almost every day — On his meeting me there one day in particular, he took me aside, and said he should be glad to dine with me, at such a tavern, if I staid till those people were gone (Budgell and Philips).
Page 450 - They are often humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gaiety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers are smooth, and the rhymes exact. There seldom occurs...