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Page 131
The basis of Paradise Regained is narrow; a dialogue without action can never
please like an union of the narrative and dramatick powers. Had this poem been
written not by Milton, but by some imitator, it would have claimed and received ...
The basis of Paradise Regained is narrow; a dialogue without action can never
please like an union of the narrative and dramatick powers. Had this poem been
written not by Milton, but by some imitator, it would have claimed and received ...
Page 238
I wish that there were no necessity of following the progress of his theatrical fame,
or tracing the meanders of his mind through the whole series of his dramatick
performances ; it will be fit however to enumerate them, and to take especial
notice ...
I wish that there were no necessity of following the progress of his theatrical fame,
or tracing the meanders of his mind through the whole series of his dramatick
performances ; it will be fit however to enumerate them, and to take especial
notice ...
Page 240
Dryden, in his dedication to the earl of Orrery, had defended dramatick rhyme;
and Howard, in the preface to a collection of plays, had censured his opinion.
Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry; Howard, in his ...
Dryden, in his dedication to the earl of Orrery, had defended dramatick rhyme;
and Howard, in the preface to a collection of plays, had censured his opinion.
Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry; Howard, in his ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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