The Works of John Dryden: Prose worksPaterson, 1893 |
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... nature ; but so much variety of reading , both in ancient and modern authors , such digestion of that reading , so much justness of thought , that it leaves no room for affectation , or pedantry , I may venture to say , are not over ...
... nature ; but so much variety of reading , both in ancient and modern authors , such digestion of that reading , so much justness of thought , that it leaves no room for affectation , or pedantry , I may venture to say , are not over ...
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... nature and reason . It is true , that as I am a religious admirer of Virgil , I could wish that he had not discovered our father's nakedness . * But , after all , we must confess , that Eneas was none of the greatest heroes , and that ...
... nature and reason . It is true , that as I am a religious admirer of Virgil , I could wish that he had not discovered our father's nakedness . * But , after all , we must confess , that Eneas was none of the greatest heroes , and that ...
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... nature of a storm ; and , by the rough beginning , foresee the increase and danger of it ? at least , as a father of his people , his concernment might be greater for them than for himself : and if so , what the poet takes from the ...
... nature of a storm ; and , by the rough beginning , foresee the increase and danger of it ? at least , as a father of his people , his concernment might be greater for them than for himself : and if so , what the poet takes from the ...
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... natural abilities ; who has been educated in business of several kinds ; has travelled , like his author , into many ... nature with Polybius , and , like him , is perfectly acquainted not only with the terms of the mathematics , but has ...
... natural abilities ; who has been educated in business of several kinds ; has travelled , like his author , into many ... nature with Polybius , and , like him , is perfectly acquainted not only with the terms of the mathematics , but has ...
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... natural and proper ; and he who understands good sense and English , will be profited by the first , and delighted with the latter . This is what may be justly said in commendation of the translator , and without the note of flattery to ...
... natural and proper ; and he who understands good sense and English , will be profited by the first , and delighted with the latter . This is what may be justly said in commendation of the translator , and without the note of flattery to ...
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admirable Æneid afterwards Albion and Albanius amongst ancient appear bard believe betwixt Casaubon Charles Charles Dryden command confess copy Cotterstock cou'd cousin dear death desire Dialogue Duke Earl English Evremont fame father favour genius Gilbert Pickering give Greek hand hear historians honour hope humble servant hymns JACOB TONSON John Creed JOHN DRYDEN judgment kind King Lady Elizabeth learned least letter lived Lord Lucian Lucretius Lycortas MADAM Malone matter muse nature never Northamptonshire numbers obliged occasion opinion Oundle Ovid pleas'd Plutarch poems poet Polybius praise preface printed probably reason Roman Rome satire Scipio selfe sent shew shou'd song sonn soul Steward Suidas Tacitus tell thee thing thou thought tion translation truth verses Virgil Walter Moyle wife WILLIAM WALSH word wou'd write written XVIII
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199 페이지 - ... of our especial grace, certain knowledge,- and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do...
111 페이지 - I'll tell you, now, what I do. If I am to write familiar things, as sonnets to Armida, and the like, I make use of stew'd prunes only : but, when I have a grand design in hand, I ever take physic, and let blood ; for, when you would have pure swiftness of thought, and fiery flights of fancy, you must have a care of the pensive part.
266 페이지 - JLJ ow long, great poet, shall thy sacred lays Provoke our wonder, and transcend our praise ! Can neither injuries of time, or age, Damp thy poetic heat, and quench thy rage?
135 페이지 - Virgil succeeds in the world beyond its desert or " my expectation. You know the profits might " have been more ; but neither my conscience nor " my honour would suffer me to take them ; but I " never can repent of my constancy, since I am " thoroughly persuaded of the justice of the cause
134 페이지 - Towards the latter end of this month, September, Charles will begin to recover his perfect health, according to his nativity, which, casting it myself, I am sure is true, and all things hitherto have happened accordingly to the very time that I predicted them: I hope at the same time to recover more health, according to my age.
26 페이지 - Gibbon, x' has not been adequate to his merits. From a plebeian origin, he raised himself by his virtue and learning ; the character of the man prevailed over the interest of the pope ; and he sharpened those weapons which were soon pointed against the Roman Church.
126 페이지 - Upon triall I find all of your trade are sharpers, and you not more than others ; therefore I have not wholly left you.
266 페이지 - Grief chill'd his breast, and check'd his rising thought; Pensive and sad, his drooping Muse betrays The Roman genius in its last decays. Prevailing warmth has still thy mind possest, And second youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'st the beauties of the Romans known, And England boasts of riches not her own; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty, And Horace wonders at himself in thee.
148 페이지 - ... drudging on ; always a poet, and never a good one. I pass my time sometimes with Ovid, and sometimes with our old English poet Chaucer; translating such stories as best please my fancy ; and intend, besides them, to add somewhat of my own ; so that it is not impossible, but ere the summer be passed, I may come down to you with a volume in my hand, like a dog out of the water, with a duc,k in his mouth.
199 페이지 - Know ye therefore, that we, of our especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, Have given and granted, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, Do give and grant...