The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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... poet , * complained that nothing could be known of Dryden beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition supplied . Since that time many mistakes have been rectified , and omis- sions supplied , by the diligent researches of Malone ...
... poet , * complained that nothing could be known of Dryden beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition supplied . Since that time many mistakes have been rectified , and omis- sions supplied , by the diligent researches of Malone ...
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... poet succeed- ed to an estate in Blakerly , in Northampton- shire . Two thirds of the whole were devised to him , worth about 60l . a year , and one third to the widow for the term of her life . Ten sis- ters , and his three brothers ...
... poet succeed- ed to an estate in Blakerly , in Northampton- shire . Two thirds of the whole were devised to him , worth about 60l . a year , and one third to the widow for the term of her life . Ten sis- ters , and his three brothers ...
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... poet to assert , that the prize of writing has been adjudged to the vete- ran bard , yet the victorious poem has little in it worthy of being envied . ' It is singular , ' says Scott , that of those distinguished poets who solemnized by ...
... poet to assert , that the prize of writing has been adjudged to the vete- ran bard , yet the victorious poem has little in it worthy of being envied . ' It is singular , ' says Scott , that of those distinguished poets who solemnized by ...
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... poets give it an active influence and power over the mind - Simul ipsa silentia ter- rent - are the words of one whose ... poet who flourished in the scene is damned in the Ruelle , & c . The following fine couplet is in this poem Envy ...
... poets give it an active influence and power over the mind - Simul ipsa silentia ter- rent - are the words of one whose ... poet who flourished in the scene is damned in the Ruelle , & c . The following fine couplet is in this poem Envy ...
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... poetic feeling that had commenced , and of a purer taste and manlier style superseding the false wit and glittering ... poet of the age , and such as long after Pope was not too proud to transplant into the most impassioned , and the ...
... poetic feeling that had commenced , and of a purer taste and manlier style superseding the false wit and glittering ... poet of the age , and such as long after Pope was not too proud to transplant into the most impassioned , and the ...
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