The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 28
... common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swagger- ing coward , and Fondlewife , a jealous puritan ; and the catastrophe arises from a mistake not very probably produced , by marrying a woman in a mask , Yet this gay comedy , when ...
... common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swagger- ing coward , and Fondlewife , a jealous puritan ; and the catastrophe arises from a mistake not very probably produced , by marrying a woman in a mask , Yet this gay comedy , when ...
Page 29
... common limits of nature than the plays of Congreve . About this time began the long - continued contro- versy between Collier and the poets . In the reign of Charles the First , the puritans had raised a vio- lent clamour against the ...
... common limits of nature than the plays of Congreve . About this time began the long - continued contro- versy between Collier and the poets . In the reign of Charles the First , the puritans had raised a vio- lent clamour against the ...
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... common . In his verses on Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's Ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ...
... common . In his verses on Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's Ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and Doris , that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has indeed some lively stanzas , but the expression might be mended ...
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... common notion in a strange but becoming garb ; by which , as before observed , the same thought will appear a new one , to the great delight and wonder of the hearer . What we call genius results from this particular happy complexion in ...
... common notion in a strange but becoming garb ; by which , as before observed , the same thought will appear a new one , to the great delight and wonder of the hearer . What we call genius results from this particular happy complexion in ...
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... common tenor of his prose : " As the several combinations of splenetic mad- ness and folly produce an infinite variety of irre- gular understanding , so the amicable accommoda- tion and alliance between several virtues and vices produce ...
... common tenor of his prose : " As the several combinations of splenetic mad- ness and folly produce an infinite variety of irre- gular understanding , so the amicable accommoda- tion and alliance between several virtues and vices produce ...
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