Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 65
... thing a Newgate Pastoral might make . Gay was inclined to try at such a thing for some time ; but afterwards thought it would be better to write a comedy on the same plan . This was what gave rise to the Beggar's Opera . He began on it ...
... thing a Newgate Pastoral might make . Gay was inclined to try at such a thing for some time ; but afterwards thought it would be better to write a comedy on the same plan . This was what gave rise to the Beggar's Opera . He began on it ...
Page 214
... thing by you , I am determined . " - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and , in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary , he actually obliged us to take the money . ' In the intercourse ...
... thing by you , I am determined . " - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and , in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary , he actually obliged us to take the money . ' In the intercourse ...
Page 316
... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people , never heard of before , is presented to us in a ... thing is striking , and we feel all the appetite of curiosity for that from 316 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people , never heard of before , is presented to us in a ... thing is striking , and we feel all the appetite of curiosity for that from 316 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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