Essays of John DrydenMacmillan and Company, 1882 - 218 pages |
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... considered as Heroic Poets , that they ought to be turned down from Homer to the Anthologia , from Virgil to Martial and Owen's Epigrams , and from Spencer to Flecnoe ; that is , from the top to the bottom of all Poetry . But to return ...
... considered as Heroic Poets , that they ought to be turned down from Homer to the Anthologia , from Virgil to Martial and Owen's Epigrams , and from Spencer to Flecnoe ; that is , from the top to the bottom of all Poetry . But to return ...
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... considered the genius of the people , and how eagerly they followed the first satires , thought it would be worth his pains to refine upon the project , and to write satires , not to be acted on the theatre , but read . He preserved the ...
... considered the genius of the people , and how eagerly they followed the first satires , thought it would be worth his pains to refine upon the project , and to write satires , not to be acted on the theatre , but read . He preserved the ...
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... considered at the first , I thought it not worth correcting afterwards . But the French are more nice , and never spell it any other way than satire . I am now arrived at the most difficult part of my undertaking , which is , to compare ...
... considered at the first , I thought it not worth correcting afterwards . But the French are more nice , and never spell it any other way than satire . I am now arrived at the most difficult part of my undertaking , which is , to compare ...
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... considered the Greek proverb , that he must χελώνας φαγεῖν ἢ μὴ φαγείν , either eat the whole snail , or let it quite alone ; and so he went through with his laborious task , as I have done with my difficult translation . Thus far , my ...
... considered the Greek proverb , that he must χελώνας φαγεῖν ἢ μὴ φαγείν , either eat the whole snail , or let it quite alone ; and so he went through with his laborious task , as I have done with my difficult translation . Thus far , my ...
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... considered . Satire is of the nature of moral philosophy , as being instructive : he , therefore , who instructs most usefully , will carry the palm from his two antagonists . The philosophy in which Persius was educated , and which he ...
... considered . Satire is of the nature of moral philosophy , as being instructive : he , therefore , who instructs most usefully , will carry the palm from his two antagonists . The philosophy in which Persius was educated , and which he ...
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