 | David Erskine Baker - 1764 - 396 páginas
...him a very great Name. — If he had written nothing but his Prefaces, or nothing but his Songs and his Prologues, each of them would have entitled him to the Preference and Diftinction sf excelling in it's Kind. Befides his other numerout Writings, he was Author of, and concerned in,... | |
 | Thomas Wotton, Edward Kimber, Richard Johnson - 1771 - 614 páginas
...acquired ' him a great name. If he had written nothing but his pre' faces, or nothing but his fongs, or his prologues, each of ' them would have entitled him to the preference and diftiiK> ' tion of excelling in his kind/ He married Elizabeth, eldeft daughter of the Right Honourable... | |
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 páginas
...acquired him a very great " name. If he rud written nothing hut his Prefaces, " or nothing hut his Songs or his Prologues, each of " them would have entitled him to the preference " and distinction of excelling in its kind." Besides Mr. Dryden's numerous other performances, we find him... | |
 | 1798 - 576 páginas
...have acquired him a great name. If he had written nothing but his prefaces, or nothing but his fongs or his prologues, each of them would have entitled him to the preference and diftintHon of excelling in his kind." It may be proper to obferve, that Congreve, in drawing this character... | |
 | James Hardie - 1801 - 526 páginas
...acquired him a great name. If he had written nothing but his prefaces, or nothing but his songs, or this prologues, each of them would have entitled him to the preference and distinction of excelling in liis kind." DUCK, (STEPHEN), a very extraordinary person, who, from being... | |
 | 1801 - 416 páginas
...him a very " great name. if he had written nothing but his Pre_ " faces, or nothing but his Songs, or his Prologues, " each of them would have entitled him to the pre" ference and distinction of excelling in its kind." Besides Mr. Dryden's numerous other performances,... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1805 - 470 páginas
...have acquired him a treat name. If he had written nothing but his prefaces, or nothing but hit sonps or his prologues, each of them would have entitled him to the preference DUG «rió justice done him either way. kind." DUCAREÍ. (DR. ANDREW COLTEF.) FR and AS born it Greenwkh... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 486 páginas
...have acquired him a great name. If he had written nothing but his prefaces, or nothing but his songs or his prologues, each of them would have entitled him to the preference and distinction of excelling in his kind. But I have forgot myself; for nothing can be more unnecessary... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1811 - 490 páginas
...have acquired him a great name. If he bad written nothing but his prefacet, or nothing but his songs or his prologues, each of them would have entitled him to the preference and distinction of excelling in his kind." DUCAREL (DR. ANDREW COLTEE) FR and AS bornât Greenwich 1714,... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 476 páginas
...a very great name. '' If he had written nothing but " his prefaces, or nothing but his " songs and his prologues, each " of them would have entitled " him to the preference and dii" tinction of excelling in its " kind." To the foregoing, let us add these lines by Mr. Addison,... | |
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I will say but one word more in general of his writings, which is, that what he has done in any one species, or distinct kind, would have been sufficient to have acquired him a great name. If he had written nothing but his prefaces, or nothing but his... 
