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 9
... preface to the Duke of Lerma , in which Sir Robert Howard had cenfured it . In 1667 , he published Annus Mirabilis , the Year of Wonders , which may be esteemed one of his most elaborate works . It is addreffed to Sir Robert Howard by a ...
... preface to the Duke of Lerma , in which Sir Robert Howard had cenfured it . In 1667 , he published Annus Mirabilis , the Year of Wonders , which may be esteemed one of his most elaborate works . It is addreffed to Sir Robert Howard by a ...
Pagina 10
... preface to a collection of plays , had cenfured his opi- nion . Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of Lerma , animad- verted on the Vindication ; and Dryden , in a Preface ...
... preface to a collection of plays , had cenfured his opi- nion . Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of Lerma , animad- verted on the Vindication ; and Dryden , in a Preface ...
Pagina 12
... preface he difcuffes a curious question , whether a poet can judge well of his own productions : and deter- mines very justly , that , of the plan and dis- pofition , and all that can be reduced to prin- ciples of science , the author ...
... preface he difcuffes a curious question , whether a poet can judge well of his own productions : and deter- mines very justly , that , of the plan and dis- pofition , and all that can be reduced to prin- ciples of science , the author ...
Pagina 14
... preface of defiance . Here was one offence added to another ; and , for the laft blaft of inflammation , it was acted at Whitehall by the court - ladies . Dryden could not now reprefs thefe emo- tions , which he called indignation , and ...
... preface of defiance . Here was one offence added to another ; and , for the laft blaft of inflammation , it was acted at Whitehall by the court - ladies . Dryden could not now reprefs thefe emo- tions , which he called indignation , and ...
Pagina 24
... Preface feems very elaborately writ ten , and contains many just remarks on the Fathers of the English drama . Shakspeare's plots , he fays , are in the hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of Beaumont and Fletcher in Spanish Stories ...
... Preface feems very elaborately writ ten , and contains many just remarks on the Fathers of the English drama . Shakspeare's plots , he fays , are in the hundred novels of Cinthio ; thofe of Beaumont and Fletcher in Spanish Stories ...
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