The poetical register, or, The lives and characters of all the English poets

v. 1. Lives and characters of the English dramatic poets. Modern dramatic poets. Plays written by anonymous authors. - v. 2. An introductory essay, on the rise, progress, beauty, &c. of all sorts of poetry ["chiefly taken from Rapin, and the writings of Mr. Dryden, the duke of Buckingham, Sir William Temple, and others,..." - Pref., v. 2] The lives and characters of the English poets. Modern English poets; and authors of single pieces. Poems written by anonymous authors.