The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2J. Nichol, 1855 |
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Page viii
... Arcite , " or a fairy dance in the " Flower and the Leaf , " he is always at home , and always aware that he is . His consciousness of his own powers amounts to exultation . He is like the steed who glories in that tremendous gallop ...
... Arcite , " or a fairy dance in the " Flower and the Leaf , " he is always at home , and always aware that he is . His consciousness of his own powers amounts to exultation . He is like the steed who glories in that tremendous gallop ...
Page x
... Arcite " -amazingly spirited as it is -to the description of the war - horse in Job ; or , if that appear H 1 too high a test , to the contest of Achilles X CRITICAL ESTIMATE OF THE GENIUS Epitaph on Sir Palmes Fairbone's tomb in ...
... Arcite " -amazingly spirited as it is -to the description of the war - horse in Job ; or , if that appear H 1 too high a test , to the contest of Achilles X CRITICAL ESTIMATE OF THE GENIUS Epitaph on Sir Palmes Fairbone's tomb in ...
Page xx
... Arcite ! " What a soft yet purple , pure yet gorgeous , light of love hovers over the " Flower and the Leaf ! " - the only poem of Dryden's in which - thanks perhaps to his master , Chaucer - the poet dis- covers the slightest ...
... Arcite ! " What a soft yet purple , pure yet gorgeous , light of love hovers over the " Flower and the Leaf ! " - the only poem of Dryden's in which - thanks perhaps to his master , Chaucer - the poet dis- covers the slightest ...
Page xxiv
... Arcite ; or , the Knight's Tale , The Cock and the Fox ; or , the Tale of the Nun's Priest , The Flower and the Leaf ; or , the Lady in the Arbour : a Vision , The Wife of Bath , her Tale , · · The Character of a good Parson , · 202 208 ...
... Arcite ; or , the Knight's Tale , The Cock and the Fox ; or , the Tale of the Nun's Priest , The Flower and the Leaf ; or , the Lady in the Arbour : a Vision , The Wife of Bath , her Tale , · · The Character of a good Parson , · 202 208 ...
Page 192
... Arcite was written in all probability by some Italian wit , in a former age ; as I shall prove hereafter . The tale of Grizzild was the invention of Petrarch ; by him sent to Boccace ; from whom it came to Chaucer . Troilus and Cressida ...
... Arcite was written in all probability by some Italian wit , in a former age ; as I shall prove hereafter . The tale of Grizzild was the invention of Petrarch ; by him sent to Boccace ; from whom it came to Chaucer . Troilus and Cressida ...
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