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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... scholars by Dr. Busby , whom he long after continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one of the Westminster scholarships at Cam- bridge . Of Of his fchool performances has appeared only a poem on 2 DRY DE N. CONTENTS OF.
... scholars by Dr. Busby , whom he long after continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one of the Westminster scholarships at Cam- bridge . Of Of his fchool performances has appeared only a poem on 2 DRY DE N. CONTENTS OF.
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... performance was so much dif- approved , that he was compelled to recall it , and change it from its imperfect state to the form in which it now appears , and which is is yet fufficiently defective to vindicate the criticks . I 3 6 DRY DE N.
... performance was so much dif- approved , that he was compelled to recall it , and change it from its imperfect state to the form in which it now appears , and which is is yet fufficiently defective to vindicate the criticks . I 3 6 DRY DE N.
Pagina 37
... performance , written in the time of the Dutch war , to in- flame the nation against their enemies ; to whom he hopes , as he declares in his Epi logue , to make his poetry not less destructive than that by which Tyrtæus of old animated ...
... performance , written in the time of the Dutch war , to in- flame the nation against their enemies ; to whom he hopes , as he declares in his Epi logue , to make his poetry not less destructive than that by which Tyrtæus of old animated ...
Pagina 106
... performance . The different manner and effect with which critical knowledge may be conveyed , was perhaps never more clearly exemplified than in the performances of Rymer and Dryden . It was faid of a difpute between two mathematicians ...
... performance . The different manner and effect with which critical knowledge may be conveyed , was perhaps never more clearly exemplified than in the performances of Rymer and Dryden . It was faid of a difpute between two mathematicians ...
Pagina 122
... performance no height of excellence can be expected from any inind , however fertile in itself , and however stored with acquifitions . He whose work is ge- neral and arbitrary , has the choice of his matter , and takes that which his ...
... performance no height of excellence can be expected from any inind , however fertile in itself , and however stored with acquifitions . He whose work is ge- neral and arbitrary , has the choice of his matter , and takes that which his ...
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