The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksPaterson, 1882 - English literature |
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... complete armour , though , perhaps , he never saw a suit of mail excepting in the Tower of London ; and on the same VOL . IV . A principle of prescriptive custom , Addison was the first poet by the Spaniards, a Tragedy, Part First,
... complete armour , though , perhaps , he never saw a suit of mail excepting in the Tower of London ; and on the same VOL . IV . A principle of prescriptive custom , Addison was the first poet by the Spaniards, a Tragedy, Part First,
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... poet who ventured to celebrate a victorious general for skill and conduct , instead of such feats as are appropriated to Guy of Warwick , or Bevis of Hampton . The fashion of attributing mighty effects to individual valour being thus ...
... poet who ventured to celebrate a victorious general for skill and conduct , instead of such feats as are appropriated to Guy of Warwick , or Bevis of Hampton . The fashion of attributing mighty effects to individual valour being thus ...
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... poet desired to represent -the aspirations of a mind so heroic as almost to surmount the bonds of society , and even the very laws of the universe , leaving us often in doubt whether the vehemence of the wish does not even disguise the ...
... poet desired to represent -the aspirations of a mind so heroic as almost to surmount the bonds of society , and even the very laws of the universe , leaving us often in doubt whether the vehemence of the wish does not even disguise the ...
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... poets to such persons , whose characters have , for the most part , been the guides and patterns of their imitation ; and poets , while they imitate , instruct . The feigned hero inflames the true ; and the dead virtue ani- mates the ...
... poets to such persons , whose characters have , for the most part , been the guides and patterns of their imitation ; and poets , while they imitate , instruct . The feigned hero inflames the true ; and the dead virtue ani- mates the ...
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... poet . In the meantime , while your royal highness is * The author seems to refer to the burning of the English ships at Chatham , by the Dutch Admiral De Ruyter . I preparing fresh employments for our pens , have been DEDICATION . 15.
... poet . In the meantime , while your royal highness is * The author seems to refer to the burning of the English ships at Chatham , by the Dutch Admiral De Ruyter . I preparing fresh employments for our pens , have been DEDICATION . 15.
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