Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 26
... produced , by marrying a woman in a mask . Yet this gay comedy , when all these deductions are made , will still remain the work of very powerful and fertile faculties : the dialogue is quick and sparkling , the incidents such as seize ...
... produced , by marrying a woman in a mask . Yet this gay comedy , when all these deductions are made , will still remain the work of very powerful and fertile faculties : the dialogue is quick and sparkling , the incidents such as seize ...
Page 27
... produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope for any other notice than such ...
... produced these four plays before he had passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope for any other notice than such ...
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... produced some encomiastick verses to Jervas , which certainly shew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignor- ance of painting . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kind- ness and esteem ; and after ...
... produced some encomiastick verses to Jervas , which certainly shew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they betray his ignor- ance of painting . He appears to have regarded Betterton with kind- ness and esteem ; and after ...
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