The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page viii
... character . The Indians and Spaniards are all indiscriminately cast in the same heroic model . * A succession of scenes carries on the plot without unfolding it , and the voluntary death of many of the charac- ters terminates without ...
... character . The Indians and Spaniards are all indiscriminately cast in the same heroic model . * A succession of scenes carries on the plot without unfolding it , and the voluntary death of many of the charac- ters terminates without ...
Page ix
... character unexceptionable . ' The alliance between a dependent poet , and the daughter of an earl was too unequal , to hold out much reasonable prospect of happiness , * after the first bloom of affection and desire had passed away ...
... character unexceptionable . ' The alliance between a dependent poet , and the daughter of an earl was too unequal , to hold out much reasonable prospect of happiness , * after the first bloom of affection and desire had passed away ...
Page x
... character , so extensive in its comprehension , and so curious in its limitations , that nothing can be added ... characters of Lord Buckhurst , Sir C. Sid- ly , Sir Robert Howard , and Dryden himself appear . The subject of the dialogue ...
... character , so extensive in its comprehension , and so curious in its limitations , that nothing can be added ... characters of Lord Buckhurst , Sir C. Sid- ly , Sir Robert Howard , and Dryden himself appear . The subject of the dialogue ...
Page xi
... character of the queen includes all that is interesting or excellent in the plot ; the strug- gles of unrequited passion , and the final triumph of honour and duty , are finely painted , while the catastrophe is so skilfully delayed ...
... character of the queen includes all that is interesting or excellent in the plot ; the strug- gles of unrequited passion , and the final triumph of honour and duty , are finely painted , while the catastrophe is so skilfully delayed ...
Page xii
... character of Sir Martin , which proba- bly was so strongly coloured for the purpose of displaying Nokes's peculiar vein of drollery . Molière's character of Lelie is more thoughtless than foolish , more true to nature , and finished ...
... character of Sir Martin , which proba- bly was so strongly coloured for the purpose of displaying Nokes's peculiar vein of drollery . Molière's character of Lelie is more thoughtless than foolish , more true to nature , and finished ...
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