The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays, from the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ...Olive Payne, 1740 |
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Page ix
... best parts of fome au- thors , than their works themselves . But what renders both these collections very defective , and prevents them from affording the redundant light , of which they were capable , is the little merit of the ...
... best parts of fome au- thors , than their works themselves . But what renders both these collections very defective , and prevents them from affording the redundant light , of which they were capable , is the little merit of the ...
Page x
... characteristicks of our plays , would not fear the cenfure of Sir Thomas , or the most rigid Defence of Poefie . + Reliquiæ Bodleianæ , 80 , 1703 . rigid critick alive , for admitting them into the best The PREFACE .
... characteristicks of our plays , would not fear the cenfure of Sir Thomas , or the most rigid Defence of Poefie . + Reliquiæ Bodleianæ , 80 , 1703 . rigid critick alive , for admitting them into the best The PREFACE .
Page xi
... best Dramatick Poets , methodi cally digested into Common - Places for general Ufe . But this is a more injudicious per- formance even than the laft . In the first place , the author has annexed not one A 6 poet's . * Reflex . fur la ...
... best Dramatick Poets , methodi cally digested into Common - Places for general Ufe . But this is a more injudicious per- formance even than the laft . In the first place , the author has annexed not one A 6 poet's . * Reflex . fur la ...
Page xv
... best English Poets , that , though it is in general a better collection than had ap- peared before , a great part of it does not confift of the thoughts of English , but of the Greek and Roman poets translations in every body's hands ...
... best English Poets , that , though it is in general a better collection than had ap- peared before , a great part of it does not confift of the thoughts of English , but of the Greek and Roman poets translations in every body's hands ...
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... best blood , yet betters it With all the graces of an excellent spirit : Mild as the infant rose , and innocent As when heav'n lent her us . Her mind , as well As face , is yet a paradice untainted With blemishes B 5 As ACC 9 So when ...
... best blood , yet betters it With all the graces of an excellent spirit : Mild as the infant rose , and innocent As when heav'n lent her us . Her mind , as well As face , is yet a paradice untainted With blemishes B 5 As ACC 9 So when ...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward No preview available - 2016 |
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