The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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Pagina 4
... death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a public candidate for fame , by publishing Heroic Stanzas on the late Lord Protector ; which , compared with the verses of Sprat and Waller on the fame occafion , were fufficient to raise ...
... death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a public candidate for fame , by publishing Heroic Stanzas on the late Lord Protector ; which , compared with the verses of Sprat and Waller on the fame occafion , were fufficient to raise ...
Pagina 5
... Death is alfo privation , yet who has made any diffi- culty of affigning to Death a dart and the power of striking ? In fettling the order of his works , there is fome difficulty ; for , even when they are im- portant enough to be ...
... Death is alfo privation , yet who has made any diffi- culty of affigning to Death a dart and the power of striking ? In fettling the order of his works , there is fome difficulty ; for , even when they are im- portant enough to be ...
Pagina 16
... and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely . Whene'er she bleeds , He no feverer a damnation needs , That That dares pronounce the fentence of her death , Than 16 D DR R Y DE N.
... and is not eafily to be found , it may gratify curiofity to quote it more largely . Whene'er she bleeds , He no feverer a damnation needs , That That dares pronounce the fentence of her death , Than 16 D DR R Y DE N.
Pagina 18
... death their quarrel ends , Whom living we made foes , dead we'll make friends . " If this be not a very liberal mess , I will " refer myself to the ftomach of any mo- " derate gueft . And a rare mess it is , far 66 excelling any ...
... death their quarrel ends , Whom living we made foes , dead we'll make friends . " If this be not a very liberal mess , I will " refer myself to the ftomach of any mo- " derate gueft . And a rare mess it is , far 66 excelling any ...
Pagina 80
... death " with the utmoft application . " This story I once intended to omit , as it appears with no great evidence ; nor have I met with any confirmation , but in a letter of Farquhar , and he only relates that the fu- neral of Dryden ...
... death " with the utmoft application . " This story I once intended to omit , as it appears with no great evidence ; nor have I met with any confirmation , but in a letter of Farquhar , and he only relates that the fu- neral of Dryden ...
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