Tom observed to me, that after having written more odes than Horace, and about four times as many comedies as Terence, he was reduced to great difficulties by the importunities of a set of men, who, of late years, had furnished him with the accommodations... The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Sida 589efter John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1816Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| John Britton - 1815 - 920 sidor
...pretending to have been in company with Tom D'Urfey, for so he was generally familiarly called. AH this, however, did not always keep Mr. D'Urfey's head...informed, that, in order to extricate him from these difficulties, he himself applied to the directors of the play-house, who very generously agreed to... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 508 sidor
...were grown into a couple of venerable old gentlemen. Tom observed to me, that after having written more odes than Horace, and about four times as many comedies as Terence, he was reduced to great difficulties by the importunities of a set of men, who, of late years, had furnished... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 324 sidor
...were grown into a couple of venerable old gentlemen. Tom observed to me, that after having written more odes than Horace, and about four times as many comedies as Terence, he was reduced to great difficulties by the importunities of a set of men, who, of late years, had furnished... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 360 sidor
...were grown into a couple of venerable old gentlemen. Tom observed to me, that after having written more odes than Horace,' and about four times as many comedies as Terence, he was reduced to great difficulties by the importunities of a set of men, who, of late years, had furnished... | |
| Richard Ryan - 1825 - 332 sidor
...prevent his passing the remainder of it in prison : to speak in his own words, " After having written more Odes than Horace, and about four times as many...life, and would not, as we say, be paid with a song." SUSANNAH CENTLIVRE. THIS distinguished Dramatist discovered, at an early period, a propensity to poetry,... | |
| Richard Ryan - 1825 - 326 sidor
...prevent his passing the remainder of it in prison : to speak in his own words, " After having written more Odes than Horace, and about four times as many...life, and would not, as we say, be paid with a song." SUSANNAH CENTLIVRE. THIS distinguished Dramatist discovered, at an early period, a propensity to poetry,... | |
| William Henry Pyne - 1825 - 762 sidor
...own, though a voluminous writer : For to quote his own words, he was one who " after having written more odes than Horace, and about four times as many comedies as Terence, found himself reduced to great difficulties, by the importunities of a set of men, who of late years... | |
| William Henry Pyne - 1825 - 376 sidor
...though a voluminous writer : For to quote his own words, he was one who " after having written mor* odes than Horace, and about four times as many comedies as Terence, found himself reduced to great difficulties, by the importunities of a set of men, who of late years... | |
| 1826 - 384 sidor
...prevent his passing the remainder of it in prison ; for to speak in his own words, "after having written more odes than Horace, and about four times as many...life, and would not, as we say, be paid with a song." KOTZEBUE. The best dramatic productions of this unfortunate author, were written when he was in his... | |
| 1826 - 372 sidor
...prevent his passing the remainder of it in prison ; for to speak in his own words, " after having written more odes than Horace, and about four times as many...set of men, who of late years had furnished him with Uic accommodations of life, and would not, as we say, be paid with a song." KOTZEBUE. The best dramatic... | |
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