“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2 Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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... received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have contra- dicted or explained away . The oath was ...
... received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have contra- dicted or explained away . The oath was ...
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... received from Dryden he did not lose ; neither did he increase the difficulty of writing by unnecessary severity , but uses triplets and Alexandrines without scruple . In his preface to " Solomon " he proposes some improvements , by ...
... received from Dryden he did not lose ; neither did he increase the difficulty of writing by unnecessary severity , but uses triplets and Alexandrines without scruple . In his preface to " Solomon " he proposes some improvements , by ...
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... received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that stationed him in Ireland ; but , after having passed through the usual preparatory ...
... received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that stationed him in Ireland ; but , after having passed through the usual preparatory ...
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... received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron , the Lord Halifax , a dedi- cation , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apo- logies are always useless : " de ...
... received with equal kindness . He writes to his patron , the Lord Halifax , a dedi- cation , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apo- logies are always useless : " de ...
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... received with more benevolence than any other of his works , and still continues to be acted and applauded . But whatever objections may be made either to his comic or tragic excellence , they are lost at once in the blaze of ad ...
... received with more benevolence than any other of his works , and still continues to be acted and applauded . But whatever objections may be made either to his comic or tragic excellence , they are lost at once in the blaze of ad ...
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