The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Edited with a Memoir, Revised Text, and NotesMacmillan and Company, 1893 - 662 pages |
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... writer , and he did much during forty years of writing , in poetry and in prose , to settle and improve the English language . Of poetical criticism he was a master ; and in an age which undervalued both , Shakespeare and Milton were ...
... writer , and he did much during forty years of writing , in poetry and in prose , to settle and improve the English language . Of poetical criticism he was a master ; and in an age which undervalued both , Shakespeare and Milton were ...
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... writer of plays , and had produced two on the stage , though without marked success , before his marriage . On the revival of theatrical representations at the Restoration , Charles the Second , acting under the advice of Clarendon ...
... writer of plays , and had produced two on the stage , though without marked success , before his marriage . On the revival of theatrical representations at the Restoration , Charles the Second , acting under the advice of Clarendon ...
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... writing chiefly his own . The new Tempest " can only be pronounced a debasement of Shakespeare's play to please an ill - judging audience . But Dryden himself duly valued ... write three plays a year for the King's MEMOIR OF DRYDEN . xxix.
... writing chiefly his own . The new Tempest " can only be pronounced a debasement of Shakespeare's play to please an ill - judging audience . But Dryden himself duly valued ... write three plays a year for the King's MEMOIR OF DRYDEN . xxix.
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... write three plays a year for the King's Theatre , in consideration of receiving a share and a quarter of the profits of the theatre , which were divided into twelve shares and three quarters , and that he received his share of the ...
... write three plays a year for the King's Theatre , in consideration of receiving a share and a quarter of the profits of the theatre , which were divided into twelve shares and three quarters , and that he received his share of the ...
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... write a dedication might be compared to the archer described in " Hudibras " as drawing his arrow to the head , whether it be a swan or a goose that is levelled at . But this is a lame excuse for Dryden's abject adulations and servile ...
... write a dedication might be compared to the archer described in " Hudibras " as drawing his arrow to the head , whether it be a swan or a goose that is levelled at . But this is a lame excuse for Dryden's abject adulations and servile ...
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Page 222 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 21 - But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Page 355 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 359 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies: She drew an angel down.
Page 85 - 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.
Page 357 - He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And weltering in his blood; Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed, On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes.
Page 621 - Thrice holy fount, thrice holy fire, Our hearts with heavenly love inspire ; Come, and thy sacred unction bring, To sanctify us while we sing. Plenteous of grace, descend from high, Rich in thy seven-fold energy ! Thou strength of his Almighty hand, Whose power does heaven and earth command.
Page 358 - Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.
Page 483 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. . He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects. As he knew what to say, so he knows also when to leave off; a continence which is practised by few writers, and scarcely by any of the ancients, excepting Virgil and Horace.
Page 357 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!