Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 166
... performance of operas at the theatre in the Haymarket , to be composed by Mr. Handel , and performed under his direction . ' Macready , in 1843 , in his petition to parliament against the exclusive rights of the patentees of Drury Lane ...
... performance of operas at the theatre in the Haymarket , to be composed by Mr. Handel , and performed under his direction . ' Macready , in 1843 , in his petition to parliament against the exclusive rights of the patentees of Drury Lane ...
Page 214
... performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old , and was then recommended by It is quoted in Biog . Brit . p . 1440. Congreve boasts that his novel " was begun and finished ...
... performance ; for , whenever written , it was acted ( 1693 ) when he was not more than twenty - one years old , and was then recommended by It is quoted in Biog . Brit . p . 1440. Congreve boasts that his novel " was begun and finished ...
Page 388
... performance , was censured in The Weekly Miscellany with severity , which he did not seem inclined to forget . In Gent . Mag . 1735 , p . 222 , is the following entry : - The Progress of a Divine . A Satyr . By Richard Savage , Esq . pr ...
... performance , was censured in The Weekly Miscellany with severity , which he did not seem inclined to forget . In Gent . Mag . 1735 , p . 222 , is the following entry : - The Progress of a Divine . A Satyr . By Richard Savage , Esq . pr ...
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