Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 205
... supposed to want by those who , having already found them in later books , do not know or enquire who produced them first . This treatment is unjust . Let not the original author lose by his imitators . Praise however should be due ...
... supposed to want by those who , having already found them in later books , do not know or enquire who produced them first . This treatment is unjust . Let not the original author lose by his imitators . Praise however should be due ...
Page 258
... supposed , by most readers , that he must have improved his fortune ; at least , that such diligence with such abilities must have set penury at defiance . But in Dryden's time the drama was very far from that universal approbation ...
... supposed , by most readers , that he must have improved his fortune ; at least , that such diligence with such abilities must have set penury at defiance . But in Dryden's time the drama was very far from that universal approbation ...
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... supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 . He was thrice married ; by his two first wives he had no children ; by his third , who was the daughter of king James by the countess of ...
... supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 . He was thrice married ; by his two first wives he had no children ; by his third , who was the daughter of king James by the countess of ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration afterwards ancient appears beauties better blank verse Cato censure character Charles Dryden compositions considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden duke Earl elegance endeavoured English excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick honour Hudibras images imagination imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived lord Lord Conway Lord Roscommon Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed opinion Paradise Lost passages passions performance perhaps Philips Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise produced publick published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems Sempronius sentiments shew shewn sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler thing thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue Waller Whig words write written wrote