Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... Dryden ; the cant words which are so often in his mouth may be supposed to have been Dryden's habitual phrases , or customary exclamations . Bayes , when he is to write , is blooded and purged : this , as Lamotte relates himself to have ...
... Dryden ; the cant words which are so often in his mouth may be supposed to have been Dryden's habitual phrases , or customary exclamations . Bayes , when he is to write , is blooded and purged : this , as Lamotte relates himself to have ...
Page 275
... Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew nothing of the matter , and would be troubled no more about it . " He then addressed the lord Halifax and the bishop of ...
... Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew nothing of the matter , and would be troubled no more about it . " He then addressed the lord Halifax and the bishop of ...
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... Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his readiness in finding them ; but he is sometimes open to objection . It is the common practice of our poets ...
... Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his readiness in finding them ; but he is sometimes open to objection . It is the common practice of our poets ...
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