Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910 - American literature |
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... success , the ottava rima of Ariosto afterwards made popular by Frere and by Byron's Beppo . Who , for example , would imagine that the following octave , with its note of modernity , comes from the pen of the author of Trivia and the ...
... success , the ottava rima of Ariosto afterwards made popular by Frere and by Byron's Beppo . Who , for example , would imagine that the following octave , with its note of modernity , comes from the pen of the author of Trivia and the ...
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... success might have been more signal if the accidents of his early habits had not led him to conduct his tale by ... successful . It is his ' sincere endeavour , ' he affirms in the Dedi- cation of Tom Jones , ' to recommend Goodness and ...
... success might have been more signal if the accidents of his early habits had not led him to conduct his tale by ... successful . It is his ' sincere endeavour , ' he affirms in the Dedi- cation of Tom Jones , ' to recommend Goodness and ...
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... libertines , and giving them success in their debauchery . This charge , with some other irregularities , I shall make good against the stage , and shew both the novelty and scandal of the practice . And first , 48 Jeremy Collier.
... libertines , and giving them success in their debauchery . This charge , with some other irregularities , I shall make good against the stage , and shew both the novelty and scandal of the practice . And first , 48 Jeremy Collier.
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... success in 1697 , and was recast by Sheridan ( as A Trip to Scarborough ) in 1777 , and by Hollingshead in 1870. Esop ( based on a French original ) followed directly ; The Provoked Wife ( 1697 ) produced a powerful impression . The ...
... success in 1697 , and was recast by Sheridan ( as A Trip to Scarborough ) in 1777 , and by Hollingshead in 1870. Esop ( based on a French original ) followed directly ; The Provoked Wife ( 1697 ) produced a powerful impression . The ...
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... success ; and it was followed by Tamerlane ( 1702 ) , The Fair Penitent ( 1703 ) , Ulysses , The Royal Convert ( 1705 ) , Jane Shore ( 1714 ) , and Lady Jane Grey ( 1715 ) . On rising into fame as an author , Rowe was munifi- cently ...
... success ; and it was followed by Tamerlane ( 1702 ) , The Fair Penitent ( 1703 ) , Ulysses , The Royal Convert ( 1705 ) , Jane Shore ( 1714 ) , and Lady Jane Grey ( 1715 ) . On rising into fame as an author , Rowe was munifi- cently ...
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