Among My Books: First [-second] series, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1898 - 380 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... Character of Polybius ( 1692 ) . " For my own part , who must confess it to my shame that I never read anything but for pleasure . " Life of Plutarch ( 1683 ) . here and there a spray of his own proper nutriment 1 * DRYDEN . 9.
... Character of Polybius ( 1692 ) . " For my own part , who must confess it to my shame that I never read anything but for pleasure . " Life of Plutarch ( 1683 ) . here and there a spray of his own proper nutriment 1 * DRYDEN . 9.
Pagina 22
... " And in the Preface to the Fables he says of Homer : " This vehemence of his , I confess , is more suitable to my temper . " He makes other allu- sions to it . it , as Burke said of Sheridan's eloquence , " 22 DRYDEN .
... " And in the Preface to the Fables he says of Homer : " This vehemence of his , I confess , is more suitable to my temper . " He makes other allu- sions to it . it , as Burke said of Sheridan's eloquence , " 22 DRYDEN .
Pagina 33
... confess suspicion of a memory that runs back more than eighty - one years , and recollects a man before he had any claim to remembrance . Dryden was never poor , and there is at Oxford a por- trait of him painted in 1664 , which ...
... confess suspicion of a memory that runs back more than eighty - one years , and recollects a man before he had any claim to remembrance . Dryden was never poor , and there is at Oxford a por- trait of him painted in 1664 , which ...
Pagina 43
... confess that it interests me as an Americanism . We have hitherto been credited as the inventors of the " jumping - off place " at the extreme western verge of the world . But Dryden was before- hand with us . Though he doubtless knew ...
... confess that it interests me as an Americanism . We have hitherto been credited as the inventors of the " jumping - off place " at the extreme western verge of the world . But Dryden was before- hand with us . Though he doubtless knew ...
Pagina 45
... confess that I rather wonder at than envy those who can be amused by it . His comedies lack everything that a comedy should have , lightness , quickness of transition , unexpectedness of incident , easy cleverness of dialogue , and ...
... confess that I rather wonder at than envy those who can be amused by it . His comedies lack everything that a comedy should have , lightness , quickness of transition , unexpectedness of incident , easy cleverness of dialogue , and ...
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