The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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... characters , what were called odes upon public events , battles , sieges , court mar- riages and deaths , in which the gods of Olympus and the tragic muse were fatigued with invocations , according to the fashion of the time in France ...
... characters , what were called odes upon public events , battles , sieges , court mar- riages and deaths , in which the gods of Olympus and the tragic muse were fatigued with invocations , according to the fashion of the time in France ...
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... character of Congreve . " - Dramatic Miscella- nies , vol . iii . 1784 . She retired from the stage when Mrs. Oldfield began to be the public favourite . She died in 1748 , in the eighty - fifth year of her age . * Johnson calls his ...
... character of Congreve . " - Dramatic Miscella- nies , vol . iii . 1784 . She retired from the stage when Mrs. Oldfield began to be the public favourite . She died in 1748 , in the eighty - fifth year of her age . * Johnson calls his ...
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... character the author introduces some wonderful traits of roguish satire . She is practised on by the gallants of the play , and no more knows how to resist them than any of the ladies above quoted could resist Con- greve . Lady Plyant ...
... character the author introduces some wonderful traits of roguish satire . She is practised on by the gallants of the play , and no more knows how to resist them than any of the ladies above quoted could resist Con- greve . Lady Plyant ...
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... character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies . Of those with whom interest or opinion united him , he had not only the esteem but the kindness ; and of others , whom the violence of opposition drove against ...
... character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies . Of those with whom interest or opinion united him , he had not only the esteem but the kindness ; and of others , whom the violence of opposition drove against ...
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... character like that of Mandeville . " - JOHNSON ( Lives of the Poets ) . " Old Jacob Tonson did not like Mr. Addison : he had a quarrel with him , and , after his quitting the secretaryship , used frequently to say of him - ' One day or ...
... character like that of Mandeville . " - JOHNSON ( Lives of the Poets ) . " Old Jacob Tonson did not like Mr. Addison : he had a quarrel with him , and , after his quitting the secretaryship , used frequently to say of him - ' One day or ...
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