The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page viii
... thought , quaint allusions , and unexpected combinations of remote images . His ideas are laboured , and his inventions curious . No marks are yet discovered of the luxuriance of early genius , or the overflow of a mind full of poetry ...
... thought , quaint allusions , and unexpected combinations of remote images . His ideas are laboured , and his inventions curious . No marks are yet discovered of the luxuriance of early genius , or the overflow of a mind full of poetry ...
Page viii
... thought ; but I think it successfully vindicated by the reason- ing of Johnson . Silence is a privation ; and yet the poets give it an active influence and power over the mind - Simul ipsa silentia ter- rent - are the words of one whose ...
... thought ; but I think it successfully vindicated by the reason- ing of Johnson . Silence is a privation ; and yet the poets give it an active influence and power over the mind - Simul ipsa silentia ter- rent - are the words of one whose ...
Page viii
... thought , having towards its excel- lence as well a happiness as care , and not only the luck and labour , but also the dexterity of thought , rounding the world like a sun with unimaginable motion , and bringing swiftly home to the ...
... thought , having towards its excel- lence as well a happiness as care , and not only the luck and labour , but also the dexterity of thought , rounding the world like a sun with unimaginable motion , and bringing swiftly home to the ...
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... thought within the limits of the stanza . I hardly acknowledge the force of this objection , for it would apply to the versification of Fope which seldom runs beyond the narrow boundary of the couplet ; nor do I see why the Poet might ...
... thought within the limits of the stanza . I hardly acknowledge the force of this objection , for it would apply to the versification of Fope which seldom runs beyond the narrow boundary of the couplet ; nor do I see why the Poet might ...
Page xi
... thought wit , in the reign of Charles ; for marriage is railed against , and a male and female rake join in extolling the pleasures of a single life , even while the usage of the theatre compels them to put on the matrimonial chain . It ...
... thought wit , in the reign of Charles ; for marriage is railed against , and a male and female rake join in extolling the pleasures of a single life , even while the usage of the theatre compels them to put on the matrimonial chain . It ...
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