The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page viii
... father in his illness . Owing to some cause of dislike , with which we are not acquainted , he never in after life mentioned his university with affection or respect . In one of his late prologues , a con- trast unfavourable to ...
... father in his illness . Owing to some cause of dislike , with which we are not acquainted , he never in after life mentioned his university with affection or respect . In one of his late prologues , a con- trast unfavourable to ...
Page viii
... father of our English Numbers , ' he says , he mentions him for honour's sake ; and that he is desirous on all occasions of laying hold on his memory ; and thereby acknow . ledging to the world , that unless he had written , none of us ...
... father of our English Numbers , ' he says , he mentions him for honour's sake ; and that he is desirous on all occasions of laying hold on his memory ; and thereby acknow . ledging to the world , that unless he had written , none of us ...
Page ix
John Dryden. and to have resided in the house of his father- in - law , the Earl of Berkshire , at Charlton in Wiltshire . His leisure was amused in writing his Essay on Dramatic Poetry , which he dedi- cated to Lord Buckhurst , and ...
John Dryden. and to have resided in the house of his father- in - law , the Earl of Berkshire , at Charlton in Wiltshire . His leisure was amused in writing his Essay on Dramatic Poetry , which he dedi- cated to Lord Buckhurst , and ...
Page xvi
... father and a son for the same ob- ject , must also produce an unpleasing effect upon the mind.§ In the following ... fathers of the stage . Rochester , among others , severely assailed it . Scott has observed how much the character and ...
... father and a son for the same ob- ject , must also produce an unpleasing effect upon the mind.§ In the following ... fathers of the stage . Rochester , among others , severely assailed it . Scott has observed how much the character and ...
Page xxiv
... Father Dominici , was re- ceived with rapture by the prejudiced spectators , yet the satire was still more severe in the first edition ; and afterwards considerably softened . It was , as Dryden called it , a Protestant play , and as ...
... Father Dominici , was re- ceived with rapture by the prejudiced spectators , yet the satire was still more severe in the first edition ; and afterwards considerably softened . It was , as Dryden called it , a Protestant play , and as ...
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