The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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... Dryden , who went ' with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much firmness as might ...
... Dryden , who went ' with Mr. Sprat to the first ex- hibition , related to Mr. Dennis , " That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he received the news of his ill - success , not with so much firmness as might ...
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... Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business ; when the labourers have Such rest in bed , that their last ...
... Dryden's Night is well known ; Donne's is as follows : Thou seest me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business ; when the labourers have Such rest in bed , that their last ...
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... Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestic , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he supposes the voice heard of the Supreme Being ...
... Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestic , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he supposes the voice heard of the Supreme Being ...
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... Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all man- kind , the ambition of being upon proper occasion a merry ...
... Dryden perfected it . " He has given specimens of various composition , descriptive , ludicrous , didactic , and sublime . He appears to have had , in common with almost all man- kind , the ambition of being upon proper occasion a merry ...
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... Dryden remarks , that Milton has some flats among his elevations . This is only to say that all the parts are not equal . In every work one part must be for the sake of others : a palace must have passages ; a poem must have transitions ...
... Dryden remarks , that Milton has some flats among his elevations . This is only to say that all the parts are not equal . In every work one part must be for the sake of others : a palace must have passages ; a poem must have transitions ...
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