The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page viii
... judges in 1649 , and who was one of the thirty - eight counsellors of state named by the Rump parliaments to supply the place of the executive power after the king's death . Our Poet is said to have been clerk or secretary to his ...
... judges in 1649 , and who was one of the thirty - eight counsellors of state named by the Rump parliaments to supply the place of the executive power after the king's death . Our Poet is said to have been clerk or secretary to his ...
Page xvi
... judges of dra- matic criticism , and a forinidable band of town critics ; art therefore was not only a requisite qua- lification , but the principal attribute of the drama- tic poet . An exhibition of nature , in the strength of her ...
... judges of dra- matic criticism , and a forinidable band of town critics ; art therefore was not only a requisite qua- lification , but the principal attribute of the drama- tic poet . An exhibition of nature , in the strength of her ...
Page xxvii
... judge , that we are gained by the poet's ap- parent candour to give him credit for the truth of the portrait in its harsher features . It is re- markable that the only considerable additions made to the poem , after the first edition ...
... judge , that we are gained by the poet's ap- parent candour to give him credit for the truth of the portrait in its harsher features . It is re- markable that the only considerable additions made to the poem , after the first edition ...
Page xxxvi
... judge incorrectly of the taste of his audience , for it was favourably received , and Scott considers it as one of the most favourable specimens of his comic muse , but taste has grown more capricious , or more refined in modern days ...
... judge incorrectly of the taste of his audience , for it was favourably received , and Scott considers it as one of the most favourable specimens of his comic muse , but taste has grown more capricious , or more refined in modern days ...
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... judge of future by past happiness . No promise can oblige a prince so much Still to be good , as long to have been such . A noble emulation heats your breast , And your own fame now robs you of your rest . Good actions still must be ...
... judge of future by past happiness . No promise can oblige a prince so much Still to be good , as long to have been such . A noble emulation heats your breast , And your own fame now robs you of your rest . Good actions still must be ...
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