Lives of Dryden and PopeClarendon Press, 1885 - 326 Seiten |
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... favours from the great , I know not well how to receive , or in what terms to acknowledge . ' When , upon some slight encouragement , I first visited your lordship , I was overpowered , like the rest of mankind , by the enchantment of ...
... favours from the great , I know not well how to receive , or in what terms to acknowledge . ' When , upon some slight encouragement , I first visited your lordship , I was overpowered , like the rest of mankind , by the enchantment of ...
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... favour . Such treatment I did not expect , for I never had a patron before . ' The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love , and found him a native of the rocks . ' Is not a patron , my lord , one who looks with unconcern ...
... favour . Such treatment I did not expect , for I never had a patron before . ' The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love , and found him a native of the rocks . ' Is not a patron , my lord , one who looks with unconcern ...
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... favour . We are informed that it was on his request and recom- mendation that the works of Blackmore , Watts , Pomfret , and Yalden were added to the collection . It was a work for which Johnson was peculiarly fitted . Perhaps no man ...
... favour . We are informed that it was on his request and recom- mendation that the works of Blackmore , Watts , Pomfret , and Yalden were added to the collection . It was a work for which Johnson was peculiarly fitted . Perhaps no man ...
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... favour of nature and common sense in writing ; -a far more valuable service . It will be well to examine the two Lives contained in this volume , with a view to extracting from them and estimating the canons of criticism they contain ...
... favour of nature and common sense in writing ; -a far more valuable service . It will be well to examine the two Lives contained in this volume , with a view to extracting from them and estimating the canons of criticism they contain ...
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... for the theatre , were naturally rivals . He was now so much distinguished , that in 1668 he suc- ceeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureate . The salary of the Laureate had been raised in favour of Jonson 8 DRYDEN . co.
... for the theatre , were naturally rivals . He was now so much distinguished , that in 1668 he suc- ceeded Sir William Davenant as poet - laureate . The salary of the Laureate had been raised in favour of Jonson 8 DRYDEN . co.
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