The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, כרך 21781 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 86
עמוד 7
... writing and publishing is not always the fame ; nor can the firft edi- tions be easily found , if even from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his first play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known ...
... writing and publishing is not always the fame ; nor can the firft edi- tions be easily found , if even from them could be obtained the neceffary information . The time at which his first play was exhibit- ed is not certainly known ...
עמוד 11
... writing to a poet , he has interfperfed many critical obfervations , of which fome are common , and fome perhaps ventured ... written on them is " much better than what I have performed " on any other . As I have endeavoured to DRYDEN . II.
... writing to a poet , he has interfperfed many critical obfervations , of which fome are common , and fome perhaps ventured ... written on them is " much better than what I have performed " on any other . As I have endeavoured to DRYDEN . II.
עמוד 12
... written in quatrains , or heroick ftan- zas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ma- jestick that the English language affords . Of this stanza he mentions ...
... written in quatrains , or heroick ftan- zas of four lines ; a measure which he had learned from the Gondibert of Davenant , and which he then thought the most ma- jestick that the English language affords . Of this stanza he mentions ...
עמוד 13
... writing both for the theatre , were naturally rivals . A He was now so much distinguished , that in 1668 he fucceeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureat . The falary of the laureat had been raised in favour of Jonson , by Charles ...
... writing both for the theatre , were naturally rivals . A He was now so much distinguished , that in 1668 he fucceeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureat . The falary of the laureat had been raised in favour of Jonson , by Charles ...
עמוד 16
... written in rhyme by Elkanah Settle ; which was fo much applauded , as to make him think his fupremacy of reputation in fome danger . Settle had not only been prosper- ous on the stage , but , in the confidence of fuccefs , had published ...
... written in rhyme by Elkanah Settle ; which was fo much applauded , as to make him think his fupremacy of reputation in fome danger . Settle had not only been prosper- ous on the stage , but , in the confidence of fuccefs , had published ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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