Lives of Dryden and PopeClarendon Press, 1885 - 326 Seiten |
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... verses on subjects in the understanding of which he had progressed but little beyond ' the talk of his mother and his nurse ' ( p . 235 ) . From these preliminary considerations we come naturally to the methodical canons of criticism ...
... verses on subjects in the understanding of which he had progressed but little beyond ' the talk of his mother and his nurse ' ( p . 235 ) . From these preliminary considerations we come naturally to the methodical canons of criticism ...
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... verse did not refuse the ideas of philosophy ' ( p . 81 ) . Now the principles of poetical criticism are here mistaken ; difficulty of subject does not add to , but detracts from , the charm of poetry ; and however well the difficulty ...
... verse did not refuse the ideas of philosophy ' ( p . 81 ) . Now the principles of poetical criticism are here mistaken ; difficulty of subject does not add to , but detracts from , the charm of poetry ; and however well the difficulty ...
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... verses of Sprat and Waller on the same occasion , were 30 sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the King was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , or his ...
... verses of Sprat and Waller on the same occasion , were 30 sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the King was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , or his ...
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... verse , but by the help of his 20 own words trans - nonsense sense , that , by my stuff , people may judge the ... verses roll , As if that rhyme and bombast lent a soul : And with that soul they seem taught duty too , To huffing words ...
... verse , but by the help of his 20 own words trans - nonsense sense , that , by my stuff , people may judge the ... verses roll , As if that rhyme and bombast lent a soul : And with that soul they seem taught duty too , To huffing words ...
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... verse , which the laziness or dulness of succeeding priesthood turned afterwards into prose . ' Thus foolishly could Dryden write , rather than not shew his malice to the parsons . The two parts of the ' Conquest of Granada ' are ...
... verse , which the laziness or dulness of succeeding priesthood turned afterwards into prose . ' Thus foolishly could Dryden write , rather than not shew his malice to the parsons . The two parts of the ' Conquest of Granada ' are ...
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