The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page viii
... lost too soon by him . They were full of the simplest melody , the sweetest music . It was the gentle voice of his captivity , wild pastoral songs that beguiled his imprisoned hours , and then were heard no more . Dryden had evidently ...
... lost too soon by him . They were full of the simplest melody , the sweetest music . It was the gentle voice of his captivity , wild pastoral songs that beguiled his imprisoned hours , and then were heard no more . Dryden had evidently ...
Page ix
... lost an opportunity of venting such bitter sarcasms against the matrimonial state , as too plainly bore evidence to his domes- tic misery . Indeed he never wanted a subject for satire , when marriage was to be derided , or the clergy ...
... lost an opportunity of venting such bitter sarcasms against the matrimonial state , as too plainly bore evidence to his domes- tic misery . Indeed he never wanted a subject for satire , when marriage was to be derided , or the clergy ...
Page xv
... lost by diffusion , or ren- dered harmless by misapplication to its object . This farce was performed on the 7th of Decem- ber , 1671 , and published in the following year . It owed its success as much to the clever mi- mickry of the ...
... lost by diffusion , or ren- dered harmless by misapplication to its object . This farce was performed on the 7th of Decem- ber , 1671 , and published in the following year . It owed its success as much to the clever mi- mickry of the ...
Page xvii
... Lost , but not intended for stage exhibition . Aubrey has told us but too briefly some cir cumstances attending it , which have been co- pied into most of the biographies of the poet : and yet familiar as the anecdote is , the meeting ...
... Lost , but not intended for stage exhibition . Aubrey has told us but too briefly some cir cumstances attending it , which have been co- pied into most of the biographies of the poet : and yet familiar as the anecdote is , the meeting ...
Page xviii
... lost . All his majestic lineaments dis- appear , the eye of pride , the lurid brow of wo , the greatness of his scorn , the conscious dignity of his demeanour , the feelings of one who had stood before the throne of light , ( him- self ...
... lost . All his majestic lineaments dis- appear , the eye of pride , the lurid brow of wo , the greatness of his scorn , the conscious dignity of his demeanour , the feelings of one who had stood before the throne of light , ( him- self ...
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