Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... in 1705 , in the fixty - third year of his age . On the Sunday after his decease Bishop Burnet preached at the cathedral , and be- gan his fermon with faying , Death has " " been " been of late walking round us , and " 4 YOUNG .
... in 1705 , in the fixty - third year of his age . On the Sunday after his decease Bishop Burnet preached at the cathedral , and be- gan his fermon with faying , Death has " " been " been of late walking round us , and " 4 YOUNG .
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... death in 1705 ; and Young was certainly not ashamed to be patronized by the infamous Wharton . But Whar- ton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by ...
... death in 1705 ; and Young was certainly not ashamed to be patronized by the infamous Wharton . But Whar- ton befriended in Young , perhaps , the poet , and particularly the tragedian . If virtuous authors must be patronized only by ...
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... his paffion for the stage ; —and the particular praise bestowed on Othello and Oroonoko feems to fhew that fome fuch character as Zanga was even then in in contemplation . The affectionate men- tion of the death 14 YOUNG .
... his paffion for the stage ; —and the particular praise bestowed on Othello and Oroonoko feems to fhew that fome fuch character as Zanga was even then in in contemplation . The affectionate men- tion of the death 14 YOUNG .
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Samuel Johnson. in contemplation . The affectionate men- tion of the death of his friend Harrifon of New College , at the clofe of this poem , is an inftance of Young's art , which difplayed itself fo fully thirty years afterwards in the ...
Samuel Johnson. in contemplation . The affectionate men- tion of the death of his friend Harrifon of New College , at the clofe of this poem , is an inftance of Young's art , which difplayed itself fo fully thirty years afterwards in the ...
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... friends . Before the Queen's death , The Force of Religion , or Vanquished Love , was fent into the world . This poem is founded on the execution of lady Jane Gray and her husband I on 20 YO UN G. The Queen was foon called away from ...
... friends . Before the Queen's death , The Force of Religion , or Vanquished Love , was fent into the world . This poem is founded on the execution of lady Jane Gray and her husband I on 20 YO UN G. The Queen was foon called away from ...
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