The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1760 |
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... never done before , and have retained that to Julian , because we find it in the fixth volume of the Mifcellanies ; and therefore , though we have not the highest opinion of its value , we can- not fuppofe it to be an impofition . We ...
... never done before , and have retained that to Julian , because we find it in the fixth volume of the Mifcellanies ; and therefore , though we have not the highest opinion of its value , we can- not fuppofe it to be an impofition . We ...
Page xvi
... never faw a woman , to match with Miranda in Shakespear's Tempeft , who never faw a man . Sir William D'Avenant dying in April 1668 , our author fucceeded him as poet - laureat and hiftorio- grapher to the king . An Evening's Love , or ...
... never faw a woman , to match with Miranda in Shakespear's Tempeft , who never faw a man . Sir William D'Avenant dying in April 1668 , our author fucceeded him as poet - laureat and hiftorio- grapher to the king . An Evening's Love , or ...
Page xx
... never acted . Many beautiful paffages are here tranfplanted from that excellent poem , and thrown into rhyme . Nat . Lee has prefixed to it a commendato- ry copy of verfes , in which he'pays fome compliments to Dryden , at the expence ...
... never acted . Many beautiful paffages are here tranfplanted from that excellent poem , and thrown into rhyme . Nat . Lee has prefixed to it a commendato- ry copy of verfes , in which he'pays fome compliments to Dryden , at the expence ...
Page xxxiii
... never had leifure fufficient to polish and correct up to the standard of his genius . It was not his fortune at any time to be able to use the Nonum prematur in annum . Yet his imperfections , like fpots in the fun , can never diminish ...
... never had leifure fufficient to polish and correct up to the standard of his genius . It was not his fortune at any time to be able to use the Nonum prematur in annum . Yet his imperfections , like fpots in the fun , can never diminish ...
Page xxxiv
... never deviates into blank verfe ; and disjoint his verfe as you will , it is impoffible to reduce it to profe . " Its effence , ( fays Con- greve , in the dedication of his dramatic works to his grace the Duke of Newcastle ) " like that ...
... never deviates into blank verfe ; and disjoint his verfe as you will , it is impoffible to reduce it to profe . " Its effence , ( fays Con- greve , in the dedication of his dramatic works to his grace the Duke of Newcastle ) " like that ...
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