The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 120
... remarkable . The preface contains a very liberal encomium on the blooming excellences of Mr. Theophilus Cibber , which Mr. Savage could not in the latter part of his life see his friends about to read without snatching the play out of ...
... remarkable . The preface contains a very liberal encomium on the blooming excellences of Mr. Theophilus Cibber , which Mr. Savage could not in the latter part of his life see his friends about to read without snatching the play out of ...
Page 143
... remarkable for delicacy of connexion or elegance of style . These praises in a short time he found himself inclined to retract , being discarded by the man on whom he had bestowed them , and whom he then immediately discovered not to ...
... remarkable for delicacy of connexion or elegance of style . These praises in a short time he found himself inclined to retract , being discarded by the man on whom he had bestowed them , and whom he then immediately discovered not to ...
Page 145
... and Mirth , " on the recovery of Lady Tyrconnel from a lan- guishing illness . This performance is remarkable , not only for the gaiety of the ideas , and the melo VOL . II . H dy of the numbers , but for the agreeable fiction SAVAGE . 145.
... and Mirth , " on the recovery of Lady Tyrconnel from a lan- guishing illness . This performance is remarkable , not only for the gaiety of the ideas , and the melo VOL . II . H dy of the numbers , but for the agreeable fiction SAVAGE . 145.
Page 152
... remarkable for the vivacious sallies of thought in the beginning , where he makes a pomp- ous enumeration of the imaginary advantages of base birth ; and the pathetic sentiments at the end , where he recountst he real calamities which ...
... remarkable for the vivacious sallies of thought in the beginning , where he makes a pomp- ous enumeration of the imaginary advantages of base birth ; and the pathetic sentiments at the end , where he recountst he real calamities which ...
Page 175
... remarkable for moderation in his prosperity , left a message , that he desired to see him about nine in the morning . Savage knew that his inten- tion was to assist him ; but was very much dis- gusted that he should presume to prescribe ...
... remarkable for moderation in his prosperity , left a message , that he desired to see him about nine in the morning . Savage knew that his inten- tion was to assist him ; but was very much dis- gusted that he should presume to prescribe ...
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