Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... Dryden , which he confidered as the model to be studied , and was impreffed with fuch veneration for his inftructer , that he perfuaded fome friends to take him to the coffee - house which Dryden fre- frequented , and pleafed himfelf ...
... Dryden , which he confidered as the model to be studied , and was impreffed with fuch veneration for his inftructer , that he perfuaded fome friends to take him to the coffee - house which Dryden fre- frequented , and pleafed himfelf ...
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... Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him , and foreseen the greatnefs of his young admirer ? The earliest of Pope's productions is his Ode on Solitude , written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing ...
... Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him , and foreseen the greatnefs of his young admirer ? The earliest of Pope's productions is his Ode on Solitude , written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing ...
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... Dryden's Fables , which had then . been not long publifhed , and were . much in the hands of poetical readers , he was tempted to try his own fkill in giving Chaucer a more fashionable ap-- pearance , and put January and May , and the ...
... Dryden's Fables , which had then . been not long publifhed , and were . much in the hands of poetical readers , he was tempted to try his own fkill in giving Chaucer a more fashionable ap-- pearance , and put January and May , and the ...
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... Dryden had , when he lived , been accustomed to pre- fide . During this period of his life he was indefatigably diligent , and infatiably cu- rious ; wanting health for violent and money for expenfive pleasures , and having certainly ...
... Dryden had , when he lived , been accustomed to pre- fide . During this period of his life he was indefatigably diligent , and infatiably cu- rious ; wanting health for violent and money for expenfive pleasures , and having certainly ...
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... Dryden's Virgil ; and it had been tried again with great fuccefs when the Tatlers were collected into volumes . There was reafon to believe that Pope's attempt would be fuccessful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was ...
... Dryden's Virgil ; and it had been tried again with great fuccefs when the Tatlers were collected into volumes . There was reafon to believe that Pope's attempt would be fuccessful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was ...
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