“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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Page 56
... Italian drama , was first offered to Cibber and his brethren at Drury Lane , and rejected ; it being then carried to Rich , had the effect , as was ludicrously said , of making Gay rich , and Rich gay . Of this lucky piece , as the ...
... Italian drama , was first offered to Cibber and his brethren at Drury Lane , and rejected ; it being then carried to Rich , had the effect , as was ludicrously said , of making Gay rich , and Rich gay . Of this lucky piece , as the ...
Page 57
... Italian opera , which had carried all before it for ten years . " " " Of this performance , when it was printed , the reception was different , according to the different opinion of its readers . Swift commended it for the excellence of ...
... Italian opera , which had carried all before it for ten years . " " " Of this performance , when it was printed , the reception was different , according to the different opinion of its readers . Swift commended it for the excellence of ...
Page 60
... Italians call comedies from a happy conclusion , Gay calls a tragedy from a mournful event ; but the style of the Italians and of Gay is equally tragical . There is something in the poetical arcadia so remote from known reality and ...
... Italians call comedies from a happy conclusion , Gay calls a tragedy from a mournful event ; but the style of the Italians and of Gay is equally tragical . There is something in the poetical arcadia so remote from known reality and ...
Page 199
... Italian , which , as he desired nothing more than to read them , were by diligent application soon dispatched . Of Italian learning he does not appear to have ever made much use in his subsequent studies . He then returned to Binfield ...
... Italian , which , as he desired nothing more than to read them , were by diligent application soon dispatched . Of Italian learning he does not appear to have ever made much use in his subsequent studies . He then returned to Binfield ...
Page 201
... Italy ; a design which Pope probably did not approve , as he did not follow it . Pope had now declared himself a poet ; and , thinking him- self entitled to poetical conversation , began at seventeen to frequent Will's , a coffeehouse ...
... Italy ; a design which Pope probably did not approve , as he did not follow it . Pope had now declared himself a poet ; and , thinking him- self entitled to poetical conversation , began at seventeen to frequent Will's , a coffeehouse ...
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