Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 من الصفحات |
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... produced . The long retardation of the Life of the duke of Marlborough fhews , with ftrong conviction , how little confidence can be placed in pofthumous renown . When he died , it was foon determined that his story fhould be delivered ...
... produced . The long retardation of the Life of the duke of Marlborough fhews , with ftrong conviction , how little confidence can be placed in pofthumous renown . When he died , it was foon determined that his story fhould be delivered ...
الصفحة 11
... produced , as has been al- ready mentioned , the mafque of Alfred , in conjunction with Thomson . For fome time afterwards he lay at reft . After a long interval , his next work was Amyntor and Theodora ( 1747 ) , a long story in blank ...
... produced , as has been al- ready mentioned , the mafque of Alfred , in conjunction with Thomson . For fome time afterwards he lay at reft . After a long interval , his next work was Amyntor and Theodora ( 1747 ) , a long story in blank ...
الصفحة 16
... in- formation , and giving no great pleasure , must soon give way , as the fucceffion of things produces new topicks of conver- fation , and other modes of amusement . [ 1 ] SHENSTONE . WIL LIAM SHENSTONE , the 16 MALLE T.
... in- formation , and giving no great pleasure , must soon give way , as the fucceffion of things produces new topicks of conver- fation , and other modes of amusement . [ 1 ] SHENSTONE . WIL LIAM SHENSTONE , the 16 MALLE T.
الصفحة 5
... produce . Now began his delight in rural plea- fures , and his ambition of rural ele- gance : he began from this time to point his profpects , to diverfify his furface , to A 3 en- entangle his walks , and to wind his wa ters SHEN STONE .
... produce . Now began his delight in rural plea- fures , and his ambition of rural ele- gance : he began from this time to point his profpects , to diverfify his furface , to A 3 en- entangle his walks , and to wind his wa ters SHEN STONE .
الصفحة 3
... produced in his youth ; and his greatest work , The Pleafures of Imagination , appeared in 1744. I have heard Dodfley , by whom it was published , relate , that when the copy was offered him , the price demanded for it , which was an A ...
... produced in his youth ; and his greatest work , The Pleafures of Imagination , appeared in 1744. I have heard Dodfley , by whom it was published , relate , that when the copy was offered him , the price demanded for it , which was an A ...
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