Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1805 - English literature |
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... poet , who , there is every reason to believe , was altogether innocent of the deed , took no other revenge than by ranking Budgell , in the Prologue to his Satires , among the libellers of his fame , and by alluding , with his usual ...
... poet , who , there is every reason to believe , was altogether innocent of the deed , took no other revenge than by ranking Budgell , in the Prologue to his Satires , among the libellers of his fame , and by alluding , with his usual ...
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... and disadvantages of * Warton's Hist . of English Poetry , vol . i . Dissert . 1 . + Spectator , Nos . 307 , 313 , 337 , and 353 , private and public tuition , exhibit many very shrewd and 24 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES . 1.
... and disadvantages of * Warton's Hist . of English Poetry , vol . i . Dissert . 1 . + Spectator , Nos . 307 , 313 , 337 , and 353 , private and public tuition , exhibit many very shrewd and 24 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES . 1.
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... poetry and music ; an inclination which , rino , which , by way of honour , he assumed , and put upon his sign . He kept a public - house , not only at the time of his death , but when the Spectators were writing ; and from the odd ...
... poetry and music ; an inclination which , rino , which , by way of honour , he assumed , and put upon his sign . He kept a public - house , not only at the time of his death , but when the Spectators were writing ; and from the odd ...
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... poet on the Peace of Ryswic . From this period to the last year of his life , he continued to amuse the public by various pro- ductions in the capacity of poet , prose - writer , editor , and translator . To his poetry , though praised ...
... poet on the Peace of Ryswic . From this period to the last year of his life , he continued to amuse the public by various pro- ductions in the capacity of poet , prose - writer , editor , and translator . To his poetry , though praised ...
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... poetry of Hughes more popular than its intrinsic merits deserved , was the accompaniment of very supe- rior music . Our author was himself a very com- petent judge of this fascinating art ; and the strains of Purcell , Pepusch , and ...
... poetry of Hughes more popular than its intrinsic merits deserved , was the accompaniment of very supe- rior music . Our author was himself a very com- petent judge of this fascinating art ; and the strains of Purcell , Pepusch , and ...
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