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Page x
... Young he had some personal acquaintance , and had attentively read his Night Thoughts . Of the poets of the last age , he admired Dryden , Pope and Gay , but more than any of these , if imitation is to be regarded as the proof of ...
... Young he had some personal acquaintance , and had attentively read his Night Thoughts . Of the poets of the last age , he admired Dryden , Pope and Gay , but more than any of these , if imitation is to be regarded as the proof of ...
Page xiii
... Young Ladies . " As to my ' Hermit " , " said the poet complacently , " that poem , Cradock , cannot be amended , " and undoubtedly it has been skilfully wrought . But it is impossible to look upon it now with the unpurged eyes of those ...
... Young Ladies . " As to my ' Hermit " , " said the poet complacently , " that poem , Cradock , cannot be amended , " and undoubtedly it has been skilfully wrought . But it is impossible to look upon it now with the unpurged eyes of those ...
Page xvii
... Honeywood - the weak and amiable " good- natur'd man " -never stands very firmly on his feet , and the first actor , Garrick's promising young rival , Powell , failed , or disdained to make it a stage creation. Introduction xvii.
... Honeywood - the weak and amiable " good- natur'd man " -never stands very firmly on his feet , and the first actor , Garrick's promising young rival , Powell , failed , or disdained to make it a stage creation. Introduction xvii.
Page xxi
... young women , but charm- ing characters , while Marlow and Hastings are much more than stage young men . And let it be remembered -it cannot be too often remembered that in returning to those Farquhars and Vanbrughs " of the last age ...
... young women , but charm- ing characters , while Marlow and Hastings are much more than stage young men . And let it be remembered -it cannot be too often remembered that in returning to those Farquhars and Vanbrughs " of the last age ...
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... Young Ladies , 1766 ; Beauties of English Poesy , 1767 ; to him is attributed The History of Little Goody Two - Shoes , published by Newbery , 3rd ed . , 1766 ; and also A Pretty Book of Pictures for Little Masters and Misses , etc ...
... Young Ladies , 1766 ; Beauties of English Poesy , 1767 ; to him is attributed The History of Little Goody Two - Shoes , published by Newbery , 3rd ed . , 1766 ; and also A Pretty Book of Pictures for Little Masters and Misses , etc ...
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