BEING A COLLECTION OF THE CHOICEST ANECDOTES RELATIVE TO THE POETS OF EVERY AGE AND NATION. TOGETHER WITH SPECIMENS OF THEIR WORKS AND SKETCHES OF THEIR BIOGRAPHY. WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY RICHARD RYAN, AUTHOR OF "POEMS ON SACRED SUBJECTS," "BALLADS ON THE FICTIONS OF THE ANCIENT IRISH," &c. &c. &c. IN THREE VOLUMES. ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS. VOL. III. LONDON: PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, GILBERT, & PIPER, FATERNOSTER ROW. 1826. |