The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3Little, Brown, & Company; Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1859 |
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... the Duke of Ormond . Preface prefixed to the Fables To Her Grace the Duchess of Ormond · Palamon and Arcite : or , The Knight's Tale , Book I .. The Cock and the Fox . SONGS , ODES , AND A MASQUE . THE FAIR CONTENTS . V.
... the Duke of Ormond . Preface prefixed to the Fables To Her Grace the Duchess of Ormond · Palamon and Arcite : or , The Knight's Tale , Book I .. The Cock and the Fox . SONGS , ODES , AND A MASQUE . THE FAIR CONTENTS . V.
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... Arcite was written in all probability by some Italian wit in a former age , as I shall prove hereafter : the tale of Grizild 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 Grizild was the invention of Petrarch ; by him sent to Boccace ; from whom it came to Chaucer : Troilus and Cressida ...
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... Arcite violent in his love , and unjust in the pursuit of it ; yet when he came to die , he made him think more reasonably : he repents not of his love , for that had altered his character ; but acknowledges the injustice of his ...
... Arcite violent in his love , and unjust in the pursuit of it ; yet when he came to die , he made him think more reasonably : he repents not of his love , for that had altered his character ; but acknowledges the injustice of his ...
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... let this example suffice at present ; in the story of Pa- lamon and Arcite , where the temple of Diana is described , you find these verses , in all the editions of our author : There saw I Danè turned into a tree , I 204 PREFACE .
... let this example suffice at present ; in the story of Pa- lamon and Arcite , where the temple of Diana is described , you find these verses , in all the editions of our author : There saw I Danè turned into a tree , I 204 PREFACE .
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... Arcite , which is of the Epic kind , and perhaps not much inferior to the Ilias or the Æneis : the story is more pleasing than either of them , the manners as perfect , the diction as poetical , the learning as deep and vari- ous ; and ...
... Arcite , which is of the Epic kind , and perhaps not much inferior to the Ilias or the Æneis : the story is more pleasing than either of them , the manners as perfect , the diction as poetical , the learning as deep and vari- ous ; and ...
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