The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page viii
... never owned by him in the collection of his works , though not forgotten by his enemies . This poem is writ- ten in the taste and feeling of the former , one line • A horrid stillness first invades the ear , And in that silence we a ...
... never owned by him in the collection of his works , though not forgotten by his enemies . This poem is writ- ten in the taste and feeling of the former , one line • A horrid stillness first invades the ear , And in that silence we a ...
Page viii
... never use , but for defence To guard your own , or others innocence . In the scene betwixt Prince Prettyman and Tom Thimble Bibber , being the original of the latter per- sonage . Some part of the character of ' Trice , ' is imitated ...
... never use , but for defence To guard your own , or others innocence . In the scene betwixt Prince Prettyman and Tom Thimble Bibber , being the original of the latter per- sonage . Some part of the character of ' Trice , ' is imitated ...
Page ix
... never 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 ...
... never 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 ...
Page xviii
... never of angels dissolved in Halle- lujahs . ' Michael came to pay him a visit at his summer- house , he presently engages him before the second course is removed in the controversy about Free- will ; professes mediums , silences ...
... never of angels dissolved in Halle- lujahs . ' Michael came to pay him a visit at his summer- house , he presently engages him before the second course is removed in the controversy about Free- will ; professes mediums , silences ...
Page xxv
... never saw a copy , but the original half sheet in Mr. Bindley's possession . Though Dryden's genius was fertile , his industry vigour- ous , and though practice had supplied him with the necessary expedients by which he might as- sist ...
... never saw a copy , but the original half sheet in Mr. Bindley's possession . Though Dryden's genius was fertile , his industry vigour- ous , and though practice had supplied him with the necessary expedients by which he might as- sist ...
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