The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected ...H. Baldwin and Son, 1800 |
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... shew , that he is equally entitled to our admiration as a writer of Prose ; and that among his various merits , that of having cultivated , refined , and improved our language , is not the least . In making , therefore , this Collection ...
... shew , that he is equally entitled to our admiration as a writer of Prose ; and that among his various merits , that of having cultivated , refined , and improved our language , is not the least . In making , therefore , this Collection ...
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... shews what he wanted ; or erroneous , hastily collected , and negligently scattered . " Yet it cannot be said that his genius is ever unprovided of matter , or that his fancy languishes in penury of ideas . His works abound with know ...
... shews what he wanted ; or erroneous , hastily collected , and negligently scattered . " Yet it cannot be said that his genius is ever unprovided of matter , or that his fancy languishes in penury of ideas . His works abound with know ...
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... shew that it was written in 1655 , while Dryden was yet at college . The lady , who according to tra- dition was a celebrated beauty , was then probably about eighteen . Her father , who died in 1658 , ( not in 1664 , as asserted in ...
... shew that it was written in 1655 , while Dryden was yet at college . The lady , who according to tra- dition was a celebrated beauty , was then probably about eighteen . Her father , who died in 1658 , ( not in 1664 , as asserted in ...
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... shew ' twas ne'er it self , but whilst in you : " The virgin wax hath blush'd it self to red , " Since it with me hath lost its maidenhead . 46 You , fairest nymph , are wax : 0 , " As well in softness as in purity ! may you be " Till ...
... shew ' twas ne'er it self , but whilst in you : " The virgin wax hath blush'd it self to red , " Since it with me hath lost its maidenhead . 46 You , fairest nymph , are wax : 0 , " As well in softness as in purity ! may you be " Till ...
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... shew'd your poetick strain , " And prais'd his opening the basilick vein ; " And were it possible to come again , " Thou on that side would draw thy slavish pen . " THE MEDAL OF JOHN BAYES , 4to . 1682 . rous Committees appointed in ...
... shew'd your poetick strain , " And prais'd his opening the basilick vein ; " And were it possible to come again , " Thou on that side would draw thy slavish pen . " THE MEDAL OF JOHN BAYES , 4to . 1682 . rous Committees appointed in ...
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xviii 페이지 - The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid : the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous ; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid.
143 페이지 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will, "Where crowds can wink and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own ! Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge.
390 페이지 - He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
viii 페이지 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
479 페이지 - ... out of the country with one : however, in spite of my bashfulness and appearance, I used now and then to thrust myself into Will's, to have the pleasure of seeing the most celebrated wits of that time, who used to resort thither.
134 페이지 - I have sent you herewith a libel, in which my own share is not the least. The king having perused it, is no way dissatisfied with his. The author is apparently Mr Dr[yden], his patron, Lord M[ulgrave,] having a panegyric in the midst.
x 페이지 - To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them.
179 페이지 - Tis enough for one age to have neglected Mr. Cowley and starved Mr. Butler ; but neither of them had the happiness to live till your Lordship's ministry.
150 페이지 - tis for parents to forgive! With how few tears a pardon might be won From nature, pleading for a darling son!
460 페이지 - He was of very easy, I may say, of very pleasing access ; but something slow, and, as it were, diffident in his advances to others. He had something in his nature, that abhorred intrusion into any society whatsoever.