The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksW. Paterson, 1882 - English literature |
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... thought . Undressed she came my flames to meet , While love strewed flowers beneath her feet , Flowers which , so pressed by her , became more sweet . From the bright vision's head A careless veil of lawn was loosely spread , From her ...
... thought . Undressed she came my flames to meet , While love strewed flowers beneath her feet , Flowers which , so pressed by her , became more sweet . From the bright vision's head A careless veil of lawn was loosely spread , From her ...
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... thoughts may be exalted , and that images and actions may be raised above the life , and described in measure without rhyme , that leads you insens- ibly from your own principles to mine : you are already so far onward of your way ...
... thoughts may be exalted , and that images and actions may be raised above the life , and described in measure without rhyme , that leads you insens- ibly from your own principles to mine : you are already so far onward of your way ...
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... thought , because Shakespeare and Fletcher went no further , that there the pillars of poetry were to be erected ... thoughts another way , and to introduce the examples of moral virtue , writ in verse , and " " performed in recitative ...
... thought , because Shakespeare and Fletcher went no further , that there the pillars of poetry were to be erected ... thoughts another way , and to introduce the examples of moral virtue , writ in verse , and " " performed in recitative ...
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... thought he taxes Lucan , who followed too much the truth of history , crowded sentences together , was too full of points , and too often offered at somewhat which had more of the sting of an epigram , than of the dignity and state of ...
... thought he taxes Lucan , who followed too much the truth of history , crowded sentences together , was too full of points , and too often offered at somewhat which had more of the sting of an epigram , than of the dignity and state of ...
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... thought a digression by the reader , if he please to remember what I said in the beginning of this essay , that I have modelled my heroic plays by the rules of an heroic poem . And if that be the most noble , the most pleasant , and the ...
... thought a digression by the reader , if he please to remember what I said in the beginning of this essay , that I have modelled my heroic plays by the rules of an heroic poem . And if that be the most noble , the most pleasant , and the ...
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