The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... afterwards , ( 1687 ) " The Mourning Bride , " a tragedy , so written as to shew him sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards re- vised it , he reduced the versification to ...
... afterwards , ( 1687 ) " The Mourning Bride , " a tragedy , so written as to shew him sufficiently qualified for either kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards re- vised it , he reduced the versification to ...
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Samuel Johnson. The outrages and crimes of the puritans brought afterwards their whole system of doctrine into dis- repute , and from the Restoration the poets and players were left at quiet ; for to have molested them would have had the ...
Samuel Johnson. The outrages and crimes of the puritans brought afterwards their whole system of doctrine into dis- repute , and from the Restoration the poets and players were left at quiet ; for to have molested them would have had the ...
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... pronounced by chance . He afterwards travelled at Padua he was made doctor of phy- sic ; and , after having wandered about a year and a half on the Continent , returned home . In some part of his life , it is not BLACKMORE . 39 BLACKMORE.
... pronounced by chance . He afterwards travelled at Padua he was made doctor of phy- sic ; and , after having wandered about a year and a half on the Continent , returned home . In some part of his life , it is not BLACKMORE . 39 BLACKMORE.
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... afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises Dennis as " equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in critical abilities . " He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and ...
... afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises Dennis as " equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in critical abilities . " He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and ...
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... afterwards collected into a vo- lume , and called in the title " A Sequel to the Spectators . " Some years afterwards ( 1716 and 1717 ) he pub- lished two volumes of Essays in prose , which can . be commended only as they are written ...
... afterwards collected into a vo- lume , and called in the title " A Sequel to the Spectators . " Some years afterwards ( 1716 and 1717 ) he pub- lished two volumes of Essays in prose , which can . be commended only as they are written ...
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