The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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Pagina 23
... kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment , the plot is busy and intricate , and the events take hold on ...
... kind of dramatic poetry . In this play , of which , when he afterwards revised it , he reduced the versification to greater regularity , there is more bustle than sentiment , the plot is busy and intricate , and the events take hold on ...
Pagina 27
... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory ...
... kind ; he is an original writer , who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue . Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly , for since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory ...
Pagina 38
... kind , this age has seen a most audacious example in the book entitled ' A Tale of a Tub . ' Had this writing been published in a pagan or popish nation , who are justly im- patient of all indignity offered to the established religion ...
... kind , this age has seen a most audacious example in the book entitled ' A Tale of a Tub . ' Had this writing been published in a pagan or popish nation , who are justly im- patient of all indignity offered to the established religion ...
Pagina 41
... kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character , corrupts all the rest by degrees . Black- more , being despised as a poet , was in time neglected as a physician ; his practice , which was once invidiously great ...
... kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character , corrupts all the rest by degrees . Black- more , being despised as a poet , was in time neglected as a physician ; his practice , which was once invidiously great ...
Pagina 42
... kind , " A true and impartial History of the Conspiracy against King William , of glorious Memory , in the Year 1695. " This I have never seen , but suppose it at least compiled with integrity . He engaged likewise in theological ...
... kind , " A true and impartial History of the Conspiracy against King William , of glorious Memory , in the Year 1695. " This I have never seen , but suppose it at least compiled with integrity . He engaged likewise in theological ...
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