The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected : with Notes and Illustrations, Volume 1, Part 1Cadell and Davies, 1800 - 442 pages |
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... excellent se- minary , of which the celebrated Dr. Busby had been appointed Master in 1638 , " he was elected The earliest Register of elections into the college of Westminster , now extant , commences in 1663. The age of those elected ...
... excellent se- minary , of which the celebrated Dr. Busby had been appointed Master in 1638 , " he was elected The earliest Register of elections into the college of Westminster , now extant , commences in 1663. The age of those elected ...
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... excellent DEFENCE OF POESY , against which so furious an attack had been made by the Puritans , that , as he tells us , " from the highest estimation of learning it had fallen to be the laughing - stock of children : " a work in which ...
... excellent DEFENCE OF POESY , against which so furious an attack had been made by the Puritans , that , as he tells us , " from the highest estimation of learning it had fallen to be the laughing - stock of children : " a work in which ...
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... excellent models which the ancients have left us , in this difficult species of composition : the introduction , particularly , need not shun a com- parison with the best proems of Plato's or Cicero's dialogues . In this piece , written ...
... excellent models which the ancients have left us , in this difficult species of composition : the introduction , particularly , need not shun a com- parison with the best proems of Plato's or Cicero's dialogues . In this piece , written ...
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... excellent . Dr. Johnson has observed that THE REHEARSAL , though played in 1671 , " is represented as ridi- culing passages in THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA and ASSIGNATION , which were not published till 1678 ; in MARRIAGE A - LA - MODE ...
... excellent . Dr. Johnson has observed that THE REHEARSAL , though played in 1671 , " is represented as ridi- culing passages in THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA and ASSIGNATION , which were not published till 1678 ; in MARRIAGE A - LA - MODE ...
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... excellent version of the same piece , ) had the au- dacity to assert , that when he taxed Dryden with being the author of MAC - FLECKNOE , " he denied it with all the execrations he could think of . " — It is certain , however , that in ...
... excellent version of the same piece , ) had the au- dacity to assert , that when he taxed Dryden with being the author of MAC - FLECKNOE , " he denied it with all the execrations he could think of . " — It is certain , however , that in ...
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Page 392 - He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page xviii - They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous : what is little is gay; what is great is splendid.
Page 304 - Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse ; He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate, Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen...
Page 153 - One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, (and I think I am poor enough to be one,) I would write a poem on such a subject in the following manner,' and then gave him the plan for it.
Page 525 - is Tonson. You will take care not to depart before he goes away : for I have not completed the sheet which I promised him ; and if you leave me unprotected, I must suffer all the rudeness to which his resentment can prompt his tongue.
Page viii - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Page 62 - Neander, to be in company together; three of them persons whom their wit and quality have made known to all the town; and whom I have chose to hide under these borrowed names, that they may not suffer by so ill a relation as I am going to make of their discourse.
Page x - To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them.
Page 303 - The prince, unable to conceal his pain, Gaz'd on the fair Who caus'd his care, And sigh'd and look'd, sigh'd and look'd, Sigh'd and look'd, and sigh'd again : At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast.
Page 257 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down.