Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 من الصفحات |
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... performances by many revifals ; af- ter which the old gentleman , when he was fatisfied , would fay these are good rhymes . In his perufal of the English poets he foon diftinguished the verfification of Dryden , which he confidered as ...
... performances by many revifals ; af- ter which the old gentleman , when he was fatisfied , would fay these are good rhymes . In his perufal of the English poets he foon diftinguished the verfification of Dryden , which he confidered as ...
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... have attained , aud which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the fame age . His time was now fpent wholly in reading and writing . As he read the Claf- Clafficks , he amufed himself with tranflating them ; and POPE 9.
... have attained , aud which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the fame age . His time was now fpent wholly in reading and writing . As he read the Claf- Clafficks , he amufed himself with tranflating them ; and POPE 9.
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... performances received no improve- ment from his maturer ftudies . At this time began his acquaintance with Wicherley , a man who feems to have had among his contemporaries his full fhare of reputation , to have been efteemed without ...
... performances received no improve- ment from his maturer ftudies . At this time began his acquaintance with Wicherley , a man who feems to have had among his contemporaries his full fhare of reputation , to have been efteemed without ...
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... performances to Pope , who did not forbear fuch remarks as were now - and - then unwelcome . Pope , in his turn , put the juvenile verfion of Statius into his hands for correction . Their correfpondence afforded the publick its firft ...
... performances to Pope , who did not forbear fuch remarks as were now - and - then unwelcome . Pope , in his turn , put the juvenile verfion of Statius into his hands for correction . Their correfpondence afforded the publick its firft ...
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Samuel Johnson. duce any thing of fuch unexampled ex- cellence . Thofe performances , which ftrike with wonder , are combinations of fkilful genius with happy cafualty ; and it is not likely that any felicity , like the discovery of a ...
Samuel Johnson. duce any thing of fuch unexampled ex- cellence . Thofe performances , which ftrike with wonder , are combinations of fkilful genius with happy cafualty ; and it is not likely that any felicity , like the discovery of a ...
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