The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the English Dramatick Poets: With an Account of Their WritingsE. Curll, 1719 - 334 halaman |
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... Nature . For whofe Name could I fo properly prefix to this Performance , as the only Nobleman , now living , a Dramatick Poet ? Your Lordship's Reputation in that Way we may now rec- kon Standard , fince it has receiv'd the Applauses of ...
... Nature . For whofe Name could I fo properly prefix to this Performance , as the only Nobleman , now living , a Dramatick Poet ? Your Lordship's Reputation in that Way we may now rec- kon Standard , fince it has receiv'd the Applauses of ...
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... the rest of Your Ad- mirers , whom Fortune has thrown at a Distance from Your Quality , to wish You the Continuance of the Ef- teem and Goodwill of Man- kind , kind , that Natural Tribute which honest Minds pay to vi The Dedication .
... the rest of Your Ad- mirers , whom Fortune has thrown at a Distance from Your Quality , to wish You the Continuance of the Ef- teem and Goodwill of Man- kind , kind , that Natural Tribute which honest Minds pay to vi The Dedication .
Halaman vii
With an Account of Their Writings Giles Jacob. kind , that Natural Tribute which honest Minds pay to Virtue , and which alone is worthy the Acceptance of the Virtuous . I am , My LORD , Your Lordship's Most Obedient , and Moft Devoted ...
With an Account of Their Writings Giles Jacob. kind , that Natural Tribute which honest Minds pay to Virtue , and which alone is worthy the Acceptance of the Virtuous . I am , My LORD , Your Lordship's Most Obedient , and Moft Devoted ...
Halaman xii
... Nature there must be some Imperfections as well as Omiffions , which I fhall take a great pleasure in correcting upon better Information , and which I promise the World to do in a Supplement to this Treatife , when Occasion shall rc ...
... Nature there must be some Imperfections as well as Omiffions , which I fhall take a great pleasure in correcting upon better Information , and which I promise the World to do in a Supplement to this Treatife , when Occasion shall rc ...
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... nature , was a Poem to his Majesty King William III . prefented to the Lord Keeper Somers , in the Year 1695. And his Lordship ; out of a due regard to Mr. Addifon's great Merit , procur'd him a confiderable Penfion from the King , to ...
... nature , was a Poem to his Majesty King William III . prefented to the Lord Keeper Somers , in the Year 1695. And his Lordship ; out of a due regard to Mr. Addifon's great Merit , procur'd him a confiderable Penfion from the King , to ...
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Halaman 222 - Caesar did never wrong but with just cause;" and such like, which were ridiculous. But he redeemed his vices with his virtues. There was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned.
Halaman 219 - In. this kind of settlement he continued for some time, till an extravagance that he was guilty of forced him both out of his country, and that way of living which he had taken up ; and...
Halaman 219 - Upon his leaving School, he seems to have given intirely into that way of Living which his Father propos'd to him; and in order to settle in the World after a Family manner, he thought fit to marry while he was yet very Young.
Halaman 68 - I may say very peculiar to him, which is, that his parts did not decline with his years, but that he was an improving writer to his...
Halaman 222 - ... mine own candour, for I lov'd the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.
Halaman 218 - ... as gentlemen. His father, who was a considerable dealer in wool, had so large a family, ten children in all, that though he was his eldest son, he could give him no better education than his own employment.
Halaman 67 - I may say, of very pleasing access ; but something slow, and, as it were, diffident in his advances to others. He had something in his nature, that abhorred intrusion into any society whatsoever.
Halaman 67 - Indeed it is to be regretted that he was rather blameable in the other extreme ; for by that means he was personally less known, and consequently his character might become liable both to misapprehensions and misrepresentations. To the best of my knowledge and observation, he was, of all the men that...
Halaman 219 - He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank ; but his admirable wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer.