Lives of the most eminent English poets : with critical observations on their works. To which are added the "Preface to Shakespeare," and the review of "The origin of evil."
Print Book, English, [2006]
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[Home Farm Books], [Place of publication not identified], [2006]
Biography
iv, [ix]-xxiv, 588 pages ; 22 cm
9781406796209, 1406796204
224070748
Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667
Sir John Denham, 1615-1668
John Milton, 1608-1674
Samuel Butler, 1612
1680
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680
Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, 1634
1684
Thomas Otway, 1651-1685
Edmund Waller, 1605-1687
John Pomfret, 1667-1703
Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset, 1638-1706
George Stepney, 1663-1708
William Walsh, 1663- 1708
John Dryden, 1631-1700
Edmund Smith
RIchard Duke, 1668-1711
William King, 1663-1712
Thomas Sprat, 1636-1712
Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax, 1661-1715
Thomas Parnell, 1679-1718
Samuel Garth, 1670-1719
Nicholas Rowe, 1678-1718
Joseph Addison, 1672-1719
John Hughes, 1677-1720
John Sheffield, Duke of Buckinham, 1649-1721
Matthew Prior, 1664-1721
William Congreve, 1670-1729
Sir Richard Blackmore, 1658-1729
Elijah Fenton, 1685-1730
John Gay, 1688-1732
George Granville, Lord Lansdown, 1665-1735
Thomas Yalden, 1671-1736
Thomas Tickell, 1686-1740
James Hammond, 1710-1742
William Somerville, 1692-1742
Richard Savage, 1698-1743
Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745
William Broome, 1689-1745
Alexander Pope, 1688-1744
Christopher Pitt, 1699-1748
James Thomson, 1700-1748
Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Ambrose Philips, 1675-1749
Gilbert West, 1700-1756
William Collins, 1720-1759
John Dyer, 1700-1758
William Shenstone, 1714-1763
Edward Young, 1681-1765
David Mallet, 1698
1765
Mark Akenside, 1721-1770
Thomas Gray, 1716-1771
George Lord Lyttelton, 1709-1773
The preface to Shakespeare
Originally published by F. Warne & Co. 187-