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At present the few poets of England no longer depend on the great for
subsistence, they have now no other patrons but the public, and the public,
collectively considered, is a good, and a generous master. It is, indeed, too
frequently mistaken ...
At present the few poets of England no longer depend on the great for
subsistence, they have now no other patrons but the public, and the public,
collectively considered, is a good, and a generous master. It is, indeed, too
frequently mistaken ...
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There are even a numerous set of poets who help to keep up the contention, and
write for the stage. Mistake me not, I do not mean pieces to be acted upon it, but
panegyrical verses on the performers, for that is the most universal method of ...
There are even a numerous set of poets who help to keep up the contention, and
write for the stage. Mistake me not, I do not mean pieces to be acted upon it, but
panegyrical verses on the performers, for that is the most universal method of ...
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It is the business of the stage poet therefore to watch the appearance of every
new player at his own house, and so come out next day with a flaunting copy of
newspaper verses. In these Nature and the actor may be set to run races, the
player ...
It is the business of the stage poet therefore to watch the appearance of every
new player at his own house, and so come out next day with a flaunting copy of
newspaper verses. In these Nature and the actor may be set to run races, the
player ...
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to change a lady of fashion into a parlour couch, an alderman into a plate of
custards, and a dispenser of justice into a rat trap. Even philosophers themselves
are not exempt from its influence; it has often converted a poet into a coral and
bells, ...
to change a lady of fashion into a parlour couch, an alderman into a plate of
custards, and a dispenser of justice into a rat trap. Even philosophers themselves
are not exempt from its influence; it has often converted a poet into a coral and
bells, ...
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A man here who should write, and honestly confess that he wrote for bread, might
as well send his manuscript to fire the baker's oven; not one creature will read
him; all must be court-bred poets, or pretend at least to be court-bred, who can ...
A man here who should write, and honestly confess that he wrote for bread, might
as well send his manuscript to fire the baker's oven; not one creature will read
him; all must be court-bred poets, or pretend at least to be court-bred, who can ...
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| Titel | The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Band 4 The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith |
| Autor/in | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Herausgeber | Samuel Rose |
| Verlag | Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 19. Nov. 2013 |
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