The Works of the English Poets: PrefacesH. Hughs, 1772 |
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... of his dramatick performances ; and indeed there is the lefs , as they do not appear in the collection to which this narration is to be annexed . It will be fit however is IO DRYDEN . might be the final determination of the ...
... of his dramatick performances ; and indeed there is the lefs , as they do not appear in the collection to which this narration is to be annexed . It will be fit however is IO DRYDEN . might be the final determination of the ...
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... is a tiffue of mingled dia- logue in verfe and profe , and was per- haps written in lefs time than the Vir- gin Martyr ; though the author thought not fit either gin D , R Y D E N. 61 of his fortune. Langbaine places this ...
... is a tiffue of mingled dia- logue in verfe and profe , and was per- haps written in lefs time than the Vir- gin Martyr ; though the author thought not fit either gin D , R Y D E N. 61 of his fortune. Langbaine places this ...
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... lefs fkilful hand , Such as difquiet always what is well , And by ill - imitating would excel , Might hence prefume the whole crea- tion's day , To change in fcenes , and fhow it in a play . It is another of his hafty produc- tions ...
... lefs fkilful hand , Such as difquiet always what is well , And by ill - imitating would excel , Might hence prefume the whole crea- tion's day , To change in fcenes , and fhow it in a play . It is another of his hafty produc- tions ...
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... lefs likely to be well received , if fome of his verfes did not introduce it . The price of a prologue was two guineas , till being asked to write one for Mr. Southerne , he demanded three ; f 8 Not , Not , faid he , young man , out of ...
... lefs likely to be well received , if fome of his verfes did not introduce it . The price of a prologue was two guineas , till being asked to write one for Mr. Southerne , he demanded three ; f 8 Not , Not , faid he , young man , out of ...
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... lefs cogent , by men lefs famed for liberality . Yet Dryden always reprefented himself as fuffering under a publick infliction ; and once particularly demands refpect for the patience with which he endured the lofs of his little fortune ...
... lefs cogent , by men lefs famed for liberality . Yet Dryden always reprefented himself as fuffering under a publick infliction ; and once particularly demands refpect for the patience with which he endured the lofs of his little fortune ...
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Страница 181 - They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled: every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay; what is great, is splendid.
Страница 283 - Next to argument, his delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment, in the irregular and eccentric violence of wit. He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning, where light and darkness begin to mingle ; to approach the precipice of absurdity, and hover over the abyss of unideal vacancy.
Страница 140 - Of this kind of meanness he never seems to decline the practice or lament the necessity : he considers the great as entitled to encomiastic homage ; and brings praise rather as a tribute than a gift, more delighted with the fertility of his invention than mortified by the prostitution of his judgment.
Страница 252 - Proffering the Hind to wait her half the way ; That, since the sky was clear, an hour of talk Might help her to beguile the tedious walk. With much good-will the motion was embrac'd...
Страница 244 - composition of great excellence in its kind, in which the familiar is very properly diversified with the solemn, and the grave with the humorous ; in which metre has neither weakened the force, nor clouded the perspicuity of...
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Страница 178 - Of him that knows much it is natural to suppose that he has read with diligence; yet I rather believe that the knowledge of Dryden was gleaned from accidental intelligence and various conversation; by a quick apprehension, a judicious selection, and a happy memory, a keen appetite of knowledge, and a powerful digestion...
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