Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... these are good rhymes . In his perufal of the English poets he foon diftinguished the verfification of Dryden , which he confidered as the model to be studied , and was impreffed with fuch veneration for his inftructer , that he ...
... these are good rhymes . In his perufal of the English poets he foon diftinguished the verfification of Dryden , which he confidered as the model to be studied , and was impreffed with fuch veneration for his inftructer , that he ...
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... these pofitions he attempts to prove by quotations and remarks ; but his defire to do mifchief is greater than his power . He has , however , juftly cri- ticised some paffages . In thefe lines , There are whom heav'n has blefs'd with ...
... these pofitions he attempts to prove by quotations and remarks ; but his defire to do mifchief is greater than his power . He has , however , juftly cri- ticised some paffages . In thefe lines , There are whom heav'n has blefs'd with ...
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... these he made no publick oppofition ; but in one of his Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not more than twenty - five , with an irre- gular gular education , and a courfe of life of which 58 ...
... these he made no publick oppofition ; but in one of his Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was not more than twenty - five , with an irre- gular gular education , and a courfe of life of which 58 ...
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... these he begs , and , lowly bending down , Extends the fceptre and the laurel crown . For Chryfes fought by presents to regain coftly gifts to gain His captive daughter from the Victor's chain ; ' Suppliant the venerable Father stands ...
... these he begs , and , lowly bending down , Extends the fceptre and the laurel crown . For Chryfes fought by presents to regain coftly gifts to gain His captive daughter from the Victor's chain ; ' Suppliant the venerable Father stands ...
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... these fpecimens every man who has cultivated poetry , or who delights- to trace the mind from the rudeness of its first conceptions to the elegance of its laft , will naturally defire a greater num- ber ; but most other readers are ...
... these fpecimens every man who has cultivated poetry , or who delights- to trace the mind from the rudeness of its first conceptions to the elegance of its laft , will naturally defire a greater num- ber ; but most other readers are ...
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