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Page 258
... shew , that by studied misconstruction every thing may be equally represented as ridiculous . After so much of Dryden's elegant animadversions , justice requires that something of Settle's should be ex- hibited . The following ...
... shew , that by studied misconstruction every thing may be equally represented as ridiculous . After so much of Dryden's elegant animadversions , justice requires that something of Settle's should be ex- hibited . The following ...
Page 310
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
... shew a mind replete with ideas ; the numbers are smooth , and the diction , if not altogether correct , is elegant and easy . Davenant was perhaps at this time his favourite author , though Gondibert never appears to have been popular ...
Page 469
... shew that the English language might be very happily adapted to musick . This was impudently opposed by those who were employed in the Italian opera ; and , what cannot be told without indignation , the intruders had such interest with ...
... shew that the English language might be very happily adapted to musick . This was impudently opposed by those who were employed in the Italian opera ; and , what cannot be told without indignation , the intruders had such interest with ...
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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