Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 169
... criticism without revisal . When Mrs. Phillips was in Ireland , some ladies that had seen her translation of Pompey , resolved to bring it on the stage at Dublin ; and , to promote their design , Lord Roscommon gave them a prologue ...
... criticism without revisal . When Mrs. Phillips was in Ireland , some ladies that had seen her translation of Pompey , resolved to bring it on the stage at Dublin ; and , to promote their design , Lord Roscommon gave them a prologue ...
Page 250
... criticism as malignant impatience could pour out in haste . Of Settle he gives this character : ' He's an animal of a most deplored understanding , without conversa- tion . His being is in a twilight of sense , and some glimmering of ...
... criticism as malignant impatience could pour out in haste . Of Settle he gives this character : ' He's an animal of a most deplored understanding , without conversa- tion . His being is in a twilight of sense , and some glimmering of ...
Page 300
... criticism of Dryden is the criticism of a poet ; not a dull collection of theorems , nor a rude detection of faults , which perhaps the censor was not able to have committed ; but a gay and vigorous dis- sertation , where delight is ...
... criticism of Dryden is the criticism of a poet ; not a dull collection of theorems , nor a rude detection of faults , which perhaps the censor was not able to have committed ; but a gay and vigorous dis- sertation , where delight is ...
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