The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page ix
... kind - then wed a whore . ' In some verses from Melbourne , addressed to Tonson in 1690 , on the publication of Amphytryo , he says , apostrophizing Dryden , Hang't - give the fop ungrateful world its will . He ( Shadwell ) wears the ...
... kind - then wed a whore . ' In some verses from Melbourne , addressed to Tonson in 1690 , on the publication of Amphytryo , he says , apostrophizing Dryden , Hang't - give the fop ungrateful world its will . He ( Shadwell ) wears the ...
Page xiv
... kind of drama , the characters pass before us like moving pictures ; we no more sympathize with them , than with the allegorical figures of Rubens . Their mis- fortunes draw no pity , their virtues claim no admiration , their feelings ...
... kind of drama , the characters pass before us like moving pictures ; we no more sympathize with them , than with the allegorical figures of Rubens . Their mis- fortunes draw no pity , their virtues claim no admiration , their feelings ...
Page xviii
... kind peep down to look on me , And beasts with upcast eyes forsake their shade ; And gaze , as if I were to be obey'd . Sure I am somewhat which they wish to be , And cannot , I myself am proud of me . + Dr. Warton has contrasted the ...
... kind peep down to look on me , And beasts with upcast eyes forsake their shade ; And gaze , as if I were to be obey'd . Sure I am somewhat which they wish to be , And cannot , I myself am proud of me . + Dr. Warton has contrasted the ...
Page xxiv
... kind , whether in Don Sebastian or ' All for Love . ' After the revo- lution it was the first play ordered by Queen Mary , † and honoured by her presence . The two companies , the King's and the Duke's servants , had nearly ruined ...
... kind , whether in Don Sebastian or ' All for Love . ' After the revo- lution it was the first play ordered by Queen Mary , † and honoured by her presence . The two companies , the King's and the Duke's servants , had nearly ruined ...
Page xxx
... kind , in which the familiar is very properly di- versified with the solemn , and the grave with the humourous ; in which metre has neither weakened the force , nor clouded the perspicuity of argument ; nor will it be easy to find ...
... kind , in which the familiar is very properly di- versified with the solemn , and the grave with the humourous ; in which metre has neither weakened the force , nor clouded the perspicuity of argument ; nor will it be easy to find ...
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