Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew ... Dryden's decease , was ap- pointed for the interment : Dr. Garth pronounced a fine Latin oration , at the College , over ...
... Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew ... Dryden's decease , was ap- pointed for the interment : Dr. Garth pronounced a fine Latin oration , at the College , over ...
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... Dryden ; from whose time it is apparent that English poetry has had no tendency to relapse to its former savage- ness . The affluence and comprehension of our language is very illustriously displayed in our poetical translations of ...
... Dryden ; from whose time it is apparent that English poetry has had no tendency to relapse to its former savage- ness . The affluence and comprehension of our language is very illustriously displayed in our poetical translations 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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Absalom and Achitophel Addison admiration afterwards ancient appears beauties better blank verse Cato censure character Charles Dryden compositions considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden duke Earl elegance endeavoured English excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick honour Hudibras images imagination imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning lines lived lord Lord Conway Lord Roscommon Milton mind nature never NIHIL numbers observed opinion Paradise Lost passages passions performance perhaps Philips Pindar play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise produced publick published reader reason relates remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems Sempronius sentiments shew shewn sometimes Sprat supposed Syphax Tatler thing thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue Waller Whig words write written wrote