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174 written by idleness, and published by vanity:” but the same stern critic admits that his lordship's
 * "Prologues and Epilogues"

have a just claim to praise; that his
 * "Progress of Beauty

is not deficient in splendour and gaiety; that his
 * "Essay on unnatural Flights in Poetry"

is neither inelegant nor injudicious; and that his
 * "British Enchanters"

has many passages which are at least pretty, though they do not rise to any high degree of excellence.

His lordship's dramatic pieces were six in number; the titles of which and dates of publication may be seen in Biog. Dramatica, vol. i. p. 196. The following will serve to denote his poetic style:


 * What means this change on Myra's brow?
 * Her aguish love now glows and burns,

Then chills and shakes, and the cold fit returns.