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... Poetry were written in the days of Elizabeth by Webb and Puttenham , from which something might be learned , and a few hints had been given by Jonson and Cowley ; but Dryden's Essay on Dramatic ... ENGLISH POETS 53 Dryden as Critic and Poet.
... Poetry were written in the days of Elizabeth by Webb and Puttenham , from which something might be learned , and a few hints had been given by Jonson and Cowley ; but Dryden's Essay on Dramatic ... ENGLISH POETS 53 Dryden as Critic and Poet.
Page 108
... English poetry . The Alexandrine , though much his favourite , is not always very diligently fabricated by him . It in- variably requires a break at the sixth syllable ; a rule which the modern French poets never violate , but which ...
... English poetry . The Alexandrine , though much his favourite , is not always very diligently fabricated by him . It in- variably requires a break at the sixth syllable ; a rule which the modern French poets never violate , but which ...
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... poetry by the perusal of Ogil- by's Homer , and Sandys's Ovid . Ogilby's assistance he never repaid with any praise ; but of Sandys he declared in his notes to the Iliad , that English poetry owed much of its beauty to his translations ...
... poetry by the perusal of Ogil- by's Homer , and Sandys's Ovid . Ogilby's assistance he never repaid with any praise ; but of Sandys he declared in his notes to the Iliad , that English poetry owed much of its beauty to his translations ...
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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