The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 189
... Charles's reign : - Unhappy Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is his " Essay on Translated Verse ; " of which Dryden writes thus in his pre . face to his " Miscellanies : " - " It was ...
... Charles's reign : - Unhappy Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is his " Essay on Translated Verse ; " of which Dryden writes thus in his pre . face to his " Miscellanies : " - " It was ...
Page 218
... Dryden and Sprat wrote on the same occa- sion ; but they were young men , struggling into no- tice , and hoping for ... Charles the Second . It is not possible to read , without some contempt and indignation , poems of the same Author , ...
... Dryden and Sprat wrote on the same occa- sion ; but they were young men , struggling into no- tice , and hoping for ... Charles the Second . It is not possible to read , without some contempt and indignation , poems of the same Author , ...
Page 250
Samuel Johnson. der that his works were praised . Dryden , whom , if Prior tells truth , he distinguished by his benefi ... Charles , third son of Sir John Stepney , the first baronet of that family . See Granger's History , vol . ii . p ...
Samuel Johnson. der that his works were praised . Dryden , whom , if Prior tells truth , he distinguished by his benefi ... Charles , third son of Sir John Stepney , the first baronet of that family . See Granger's History , vol . ii . p ...
Page 273
... Dryden , like the other panegyrists of usurpation , changed his opi- nion , or his profession , and published " ASTREA REDUX , a Poem on the happy Restoration and Re- turn of his most sacred Majesty King Charles the Second . " The ...
... Dryden , like the other panegyrists of usurpation , changed his opi- nion , or his profession , and published " ASTREA REDUX , a Poem on the happy Restoration and Re- turn of his most sacred Majesty King Charles the Second . " The ...
Page 276
... Charles the Second , who had formed his taste by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dex- terity of versification he was more ...
... Charles the Second , who had formed his taste by the French theatre ; and Dryden , who wrote , and made no difficulty of declaring that he wrote only to please , and who perhaps knew that by his dex- terity of versification he was more ...
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