Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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Page 47
... pendage to any of his three plays which he added himself , is , I believe , the only one of the kind . He calls it an hifto- rical Epilogue . Finding that Guilt's dread- dreadful clofe his narrow feene denied , he , in YOUNG . 47.
... pendage to any of his three plays which he added himself , is , I believe , the only one of the kind . He calls it an hifto- rical Epilogue . Finding that Guilt's dread- dreadful clofe his narrow feene denied , he , in YOUNG . 47.
Page 61
... believe , and pofterity be taught to believe , that his debauched and repro- bate life caft a Stygian gloom over the evening of his father's days , faved him the trouble of feigning a character com- pletely deteftable , and fucceeded at ...
... believe , and pofterity be taught to believe , that his debauched and repro- bate life caft a Stygian gloom over the evening of his father's days , faved him the trouble of feigning a character com- pletely deteftable , and fucceeded at ...
Page 80
... as a poet , and more defpicable as a dedi- cator : he would not pafs for a worse chriftian , or for a worse man . His de- dications , after all , he had no right to fup- fupprefs . They all , I believe , speak , : 80 YOUN G ,
... as a poet , and more defpicable as a dedi- cator : he would not pafs for a worse chriftian , or for a worse man . His de- dications , after all , he had no right to fup- fupprefs . They all , I believe , speak , : 80 YOUN G ,
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Samuel Johnson. fupprefs . They all , I believe , speak , not a little to the credit of his gratitude , of favours received ; and I know not whether the author , who has once fo- lemnly printed an acknowledgement of a favour , fhould not ...
Samuel Johnson. fupprefs . They all , I believe , speak , not a little to the credit of his gratitude , of favours received ; and I know not whether the author , who has once fo- lemnly printed an acknowledgement of a favour , fhould not ...
Page 113
... believe that , when once he had formed a new defign , he then la- boured it with very patient industry , and that he compofed with great labour ,. and frequent revifions . His verfes are formed by no certain model ; for he is no more ...
... believe that , when once he had formed a new defign , he then la- boured it with very patient industry , and that he compofed with great labour ,. and frequent revifions . His verfes are formed by no certain model ; for he is no more ...
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