Memoirs of John DrydenA. & W. Galignani, 1826 - 277 страници |
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... admired poetry of Queen Elizabeth's age . This was the fatal propensity I do not pretend to enter into the question of the effect of the drama upon morals . If this shall be found prejudicial , two theatres are too many . But , in the ...
... admired poetry of Queen Elizabeth's age . This was the fatal propensity I do not pretend to enter into the question of the effect of the drama upon morals . If this shall be found prejudicial , two theatres are too many . But , in the ...
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... admiration of metaphysical conceits , was not the characteristic of the court of Charles II . , as it had been of those of his grandfather and father . Lively and witty by nature , with all the acquired habits of an adven- turer , whose ...
... admiration of metaphysical conceits , was not the characteristic of the court of Charles II . , as it had been of those of his grandfather and father . Lively and witty by nature , with all the acquired habits of an adven- turer , whose ...
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... admired . According to the fashion of the times , such copies of occasional verses were rewarded by a gratuity from the person to whom they were ad- dressed ; and poets had not yet learned to think this mode of receiving assistance ...
... admired . According to the fashion of the times , such copies of occasional verses were rewarded by a gratuity from the person to whom they were ad- dressed ; and poets had not yet learned to think this mode of receiving assistance ...
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... admired and copied , became a martyr to the raillery of the critics ; and , to fill up the measure of shame , the « Paradise Lost » fell still - born from the press . This last instance of bad taste had not , it is true , yet taken ...
... admired and copied , became a martyr to the raillery of the critics ; and , to fill up the measure of shame , the « Paradise Lost » fell still - born from the press . This last instance of bad taste had not , it is true , yet taken ...
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... admiration , the proper object of heroic poetry . The « Annus Mirabilis may indeed be regarded as one of Dryden's most elaborate pieces ; although it is not written in his later , better , and most pe- culiar style of poetry . » The ...
... admiration , the proper object of heroic poetry . The « Annus Mirabilis may indeed be regarded as one of Dryden's most elaborate pieces ; although it is not written in his later , better , and most pe- culiar style of poetry . » The ...
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Страница 22 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Страница 161 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Страница 14 - Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it ; it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow, now at least fifty years ago ; and the milk-maid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh, in his younger days. They were old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good ; I think much better than the strong lines that are now in fashion in this critical age.
Страница 169 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Страница 120 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Страница 253 - Doeg, though without knowing how or why, Made still a blundering kind of melody; Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in...
Страница 157 - ... one of the greatest, most noble, and most sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced.
Страница 162 - Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the Sun When first on this delightful land...
Страница 214 - 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 119 - This last is indeed the representation of nature, but 'tis nature wrought up to an higher pitch. The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions are all exalted above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisimility.