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 ECRJECTS," BALLADS ON THE FICTIONS OF THE ANCIENT IRISH," &c. &c. &c. IN THREE VOLUMES. ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS. VOL. III. LONDON: PATERNOSTER ROW. 1826. CONTENTS TO VOL. III. Page. |