The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 41
... printed letters . Molineux is particularly de- lighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that what " raises the hero often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it BLACKMORE . 41.
... printed letters . Molineux is particularly de- lighted with the song of Mopas , which is therefore subjoined to this narrative . It is remarked by Pope , that what " raises the hero often sinks the man . " Of Blackmore it BLACKMORE . 41.
Page 69
... printed it , however , and seventeen years after , having altered it , and , as he thought , adapted it more to the public taste , he offered it again to the town : but , though he was flushed with the suc cess of the " Beggar's Opera ...
... printed it , however , and seventeen years after , having altered it , and , as he thought , adapted it more to the public taste , he offered it again to the town : but , though he was flushed with the suc cess of the " Beggar's Opera ...
Page 73
... printed , the re- ception was different , according to the different opinion of its readers . Swift commended it for the excellence of its morality , as a piece that VOL . II . E " placed all kinds of vice in the strongest and GAY . 73.
... printed , the re- ception was different , according to the different opinion of its readers . Swift commended it for the excellence of its morality , as a piece that VOL . II . E " placed all kinds of vice in the strongest and GAY . 73.
Page 81
... Peleus and Thetis , " a mask , written to accompany " The Jew of Venice . " The comedies , which he has not printed in his own edition of his works , I never saw ; " Once a Lover and always a Lover " is said to E 2 GRANVILLE . 81.
... Peleus and Thetis , " a mask , written to accompany " The Jew of Venice . " The comedies , which he has not printed in his own edition of his works , I never saw ; " Once a Lover and always a Lover " is said to E 2 GRANVILLE . 81.
Page 83
... printed , he has not inserted into his works . Some time afterwards , ( about 1722 ) being perhaps embarrassed by his profusion , he went into foreign countries , with the usual pretence of recovering his health . In this state of ...
... printed , he has not inserted into his works . Some time afterwards , ( about 1722 ) being perhaps embarrassed by his profusion , he went into foreign countries , with the usual pretence of recovering his health . In this state of ...
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