The Lives of the English PoetsBernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pagina's |
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... 56 -BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS . 193 WALSH 205 DRYDEN / 207 SMITH DUKE 304 322 KING 323 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . SPRAT HALIFAX PARNELL GARTH.
... 56 -BUTLER 120 ROCHESTER 131 ROSCOMMON 137 OTWAY 145 WALLER 149 POMFRET 187 DORSET 188 STEPNEY 191 J. PHILIPS . 193 WALSH 205 DRYDEN / 207 SMITH DUKE 304 322 KING 323 VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 . SPRAT HALIFAX PARNELL GARTH.
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... Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much firmness as might ...
... Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much firmness as might ...
Pagina 24
... Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business ; when the labourers have Such rest in bed , that their last ...
... Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business ; when the labourers have Such rest in bed , that their last ...
Pagina 46
... Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestic , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he supposes the voice heard of the Supreme Being ...
... Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestic , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he supposes the voice heard of the Supreme Being ...
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... Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all man- kind , the ambition of being upon proper occasion a merry ...
... Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all man- kind , the ambition of being upon proper occasion a merry ...
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