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 7
... tion and fate of eight and twenty dramas in- clude too much of a poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he published the Rival Ladies , which he dedicated to the Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman ...
... tion and fate of eight and twenty dramas in- clude too much of a poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he published the Rival Ladies , which he dedicated to the Earl of Orrery , a man of high reputation both as a writer and a statesman ...
Pagina 16
... tion , 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.
... tion , 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 23
... tion , and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce fome folace to the con- fcioufnefs of weakness , and fome mortifica- tion to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered ...
... tion , and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce fome folace to the con- fcioufnefs of weakness , and fome mortifica- tion to the pride of wisdom . But let it be remembered ...
Pagina 39
... then opposed . A parallel is intended between the Leaguers of France and the Covenanters of England ; and this inten- tion produced the controversy . D 4 Albion Albion and Albania is a mufical drama or opera , DRY DE N. 39 .
... then opposed . A parallel is intended between the Leaguers of France and the Covenanters of England ; and this inten- tion produced the controversy . D 4 Albion Albion and Albania is a mufical drama or opera , DRY DE N. 39 .
Pagina 55
... tion ; but it is not , I suppose , so much to be inferred that Dryden wanted the literature neceffary to the perufal of Tacitus , as that , confidering himself as hidden in a crowd , he had no awe of the publick ; and writing merely for ...
... tion ; but it is not , I suppose , so much to be inferred that Dryden wanted the literature neceffary to the perufal of Tacitus , as that , confidering himself as hidden in a crowd , he had no awe of the publick ; and writing merely for ...
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