The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 43
... reader to dislike what Collier in- cited him to abhor . In his preface to " King Arthur " he endeavour- ed to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his " Mourning Bride " than it has obtained from any ...
... reader to dislike what Collier in- cited him to abhor . In his preface to " King Arthur " he endeavour- ed to gain at least one friend , and propitiated Congreve by higher praise of his " Mourning Bride " than it has obtained from any ...
Page 45
... readers with plain prose . When the " Specta tor " stopped , he considered the polite world as destitute of entertainment : and , in concert with Mr. Hughes , who wrote every third paper , pub- lished three times a week " The Lay ...
... readers with plain prose . When the " Specta tor " stopped , he considered the polite world as destitute of entertainment : and , in concert with Mr. Hughes , who wrote every third paper , pub- lished three times a week " The Lay ...
Page 52
... reader how to oppose . He has written on the small - pox , with a vehement invective against inoculation ; on consumptions , the spleen , the gout , the rheu- matism , the king's - evil , the dropsy , the jaundice , the stone , the ...
... reader how to oppose . He has written on the small - pox , with a vehement invective against inoculation ; on consumptions , the spleen , the gout , the rheu- matism , the king's - evil , the dropsy , the jaundice , the stone , the ...
Page 61
... readers of poetry , who have never been able to distinguish their books from those of Pope . In 1723 was performed his tragedy of " Mari- amne ; " to which Southern , at whose house it was written , is said to have contributed such ...
... readers of poetry , who have never been able to distinguish their books from those of Pope . In 1723 was performed his tragedy of " Mari- amne ; " to which Southern , at whose house it was written , is said to have contributed such ...
Page 65
... readers , while another can be had in rhyme . The piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable specimen of episto- lary poetry ; and his Ode to the Lord Gower was pronounced by Pope the next ode in the Eng- lish language to Dryden's ...
... readers , while another can be had in rhyme . The piece addressed to Lambarde is no disagreeable specimen of episto- lary poetry ; and his Ode to the Lord Gower was pronounced by Pope the next ode in the Eng- lish language to Dryden's ...
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