A Critical History of English Literature, Band 2Ronald Press Company, 1960 From Anglo-Saxon times to the present, the poetry, prose, and dramatic achievements of each period in English literature. |
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... Dryden was the founder of the " new versification , " and from his time “ it is apparent that English poetry has had no tendency to relapse to its former savage- ness . " " There was , " Johnson remarked , “ ... before the time of Dryden ...
... Dryden was the founder of the " new versification , " and from his time “ it is apparent that English poetry has had no tendency to relapse to its former savage- ness . " " There was , " Johnson remarked , “ ... before the time of Dryden ...
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... Dryden's logic are from skepticism to authority - the former leads to a search for the latter . It is not therefore surprising that Dryden joined the Church of Rome in 1686. But for the moment he was con- tent to bow to the authority of ...
... Dryden's logic are from skepticism to authority - the former leads to a search for the latter . It is not therefore surprising that Dryden joined the Church of Rome in 1686. But for the moment he was con- tent to bow to the authority of ...
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... Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not the sole praise of either ; for both ...
... Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not the sole praise of either ; for both ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 537 |
CRITICAL PROSE AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITING | 766 |
SCOTTISH LITERATURE FROM ALLAN RAMSAY TO WALTER | 809 |
Urheberrecht | |
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