Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 56
... wrote as he would think it necessary to write now , cannot be affirmed ; his instructions were such as the . characters of his readers made proper . That general know- ledge which now circulates in common talk was in his time rarely to ...
... wrote as he would think it necessary to write now , cannot be affirmed ; his instructions were such as the . characters of his readers made proper . That general know- ledge which now circulates in common talk was in his time rarely to ...
Page 67
... wrote two years afterwards Love in a Veil , another comedy , borrowed likewise from the Spanish , but with little better success than before for though it was received and acted , yet it appeared so late in the year , that the author ...
... wrote two years afterwards Love in a Veil , another comedy , borrowed likewise from the Spanish , but with little better success than before for though it was received and acted , yet it appeared so late in the year , that the author ...
Page 73
... wrote it be considered , will afford at once an uncom- mon proof of strength of genius and evenness of mind , of a serenity not to be ruffled and an imagination not to be suppressed . During a considerable part of the time in which he ...
... wrote it be considered , will afford at once an uncom- mon proof of strength of genius and evenness of mind , of a serenity not to be ruffled and an imagination not to be suppressed . During a considerable part of the time in which he ...
Page 74
... wrote the prologue and epilogue , in which he touches on the circumstances of the author with great tenderness . After all these obstructions and compliances , he was only able to bring his play upon the stage in the summer , when the ...
... wrote the prologue and epilogue , in which he touches on the circumstances of the author with great tenderness . After all these obstructions and compliances , he was only able to bring his play upon the stage in the summer , when the ...
Page 75
... wrote a preface , in which he gives an account of his mother's cruelty in a very uncom- mon strain of humour , and with a gaiety of imagination which the success of his subscription probably produced . The dedication is addressed to the ...
... wrote a preface , in which he gives an account of his mother's cruelty in a very uncom- mon strain of humour , and with a gaiety of imagination which the success of his subscription probably produced . The dedication is addressed to the ...
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