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Page 56
... he thinks an unconquerable quotation from Dryden's preface to the Æneid , in favour of translating an epic poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the Iliad 56 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
... he thinks an unconquerable quotation from Dryden's preface to the Æneid , in favour of translating an epic poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the Iliad 56 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
Page 91
... Æneid should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as interested in the ...
... Æneid should be much delighted with any version . All these obstacles Dryden saw , and all these he determined to encounter . The expectation of his work was undoubtedly great ; the nation considered its honour as interested in the ...
Page 106
... Æneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's king- dom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or caesura , always at the eighth syllable ...
... Æneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's king- dom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or caesura , always at the eighth syllable ...
Contents
From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 A Gateway Edition Volume 83 of The World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Gateway Editions, 1955 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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