 | John Dryden, John Mitford - English literature - 1836 - 488 pages
...this consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excellency of that art. This, says my author, is the gift of Jupiter ; and, to speak in the same...which break out in the height of a real passion. Mr. Otwny possesesd this art as thoroughly as any of the ancients or moderns. I will not defend every thing... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844 - 536 pages
...this consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excellency of that art. This, says my author, is the gift of Jupiter ; and, to speak in the same...language, we call it the gift of our Apollo,— not to he ohtained hy pains or study, if we are not horn to it ; for the motions which are studied, are never... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey - Art - 1852 - 512 pages
...this consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excellency of that art. "This," says my author, "is the gift of Jupiter:" and, to speak in the same...not to be obtained by pains or study, if we are not bom to it : for the motions which are studied are never so natural as those which break out in the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 482 pages
...this consists the principal difficulty, as well as tho excellency of that art. This, says my author, is the gift of Jupiter ; and, to speak in the same...language, we call it the gift of our Apollo,— not to he ohtained hy pains or study, if we are not horn to it ; fur the motions which are studied, are never... | |
 | John Dryden - 1882 - 320 pages
...consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excellency of that art. " This,'' says my author, " is the gift of Jupiter ; " and, to .speak in the same...gift of our Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or sstudy, if we are not born to it : for the motions -which are studied are never so natural as those... | |
 | Thomas Otway - English drama - 1888 - 456 pages
..."fearing a rival near the throne," he had called Otway "-a barren illiterate man," said afterwards: "The motions which are studied are never so natural...which break out in the height of a real passion. Mr. Otvvay possessed this part as thoroughly as any of the ancients or moderns." And again : Charming his... | |
 | John Dryden - Criticism - 1900 - 348 pages
...this consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excellency of that art. This, says my author, is the gift of Jupiter; and, to speak in the same...Apollo — not to be obtained by pains or study, if 25 we are not born to it ; for the motions which are studied are never so natural as those which break... | |
 | William Edward Bohn - Criticism - 1907 - 98 pages
...description of the passions, Dryden again admits the inadequacy of rules : " This, says my author, is the gift of Jupiter ; and to speak in the same...natural as those which break out in the height of a real passion."2 When he comes to the principles of ornamentation Dryden finds the abstract rule too much... | |
 | Animal behavior - 1892 - 1058 pages
...description of the passions, Dryden again admits the inadequacy of rules : " This, says my author, is the gift of Jupiter ; and to speak in the same...natural as those which break out in the height of a real passion."2 When he comes to the principles of ornamentation Dryden finds the abstract rule too much... | |
 | John Dryden - Criticism - 1926 - 344 pages
...this consists the principal difficulty, as well as the excellency of that art. This, says my author, is the gift of Jupiter ; and, to speak in the same...Apollo — not to be obtained by pains or study, if 25 we are not born to it ; for the motions which are studied are never so natural as those which break... | |
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Jupiter:" and, to speak in the same heathen language, we call it the gift of our Apollo, not to be obtained by pains or study, if we are not bom to it : for the motions which are studied are never so natural as those which break out in the height of a... 
