John DrydenDryden's poetry is straightforward, bold, and energetic. He was in the public eye for some forty years, holding positions at court for a long period of time. He was indisputably perceived as the leading writer of his day. He excelled in all the types of writing practiced at the time. He wrote more, and in more genres than anyone. He accumulated to himself (it is a odd distinction) a huge mass of attacks, ranging from the reasoned to the scabrous. Dryden explained his attitudes and intentions in a large number of prologues, epilogues, prefaces, defences, and vindications-thereby quite casually producing the first body of what we now call 'criticism' in English. And yet his life and character remain something of a mystery. |
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Page 87
... give battle , and appear victorious in the next act , and yet , from the time of his departure to the return of the Nuntius [ messenger ] who gives the relation of his victory , Aethra and the Chorus have but thirty - six verses , which ...
... give battle , and appear victorious in the next act , and yet , from the time of his departure to the return of the Nuntius [ messenger ] who gives the relation of his victory , Aethra and the Chorus have but thirty - six verses , which ...
Page 278
... give Thou hast enjoyed , if thou hast known to live , And pleasure not leaked through thee like a sieve , Why dost thou not give thanks as at a plenteous feast , Crammed to the throat with life , and rise and take thy rest ? But if my ...
... give Thou hast enjoyed , if thou hast known to live , And pleasure not leaked through thee like a sieve , Why dost thou not give thanks as at a plenteous feast , Crammed to the throat with life , and rise and take thy rest ? But if my ...
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... gives licence to her tongue , Loquacious , brawling , ever in the wrong ; And now she will my partial power upbraid , If , alienate from Greece , I give the Trojans aid . But thou depart , and shun her jealous sight , The care be mine ...
... gives licence to her tongue , Loquacious , brawling , ever in the wrong ; And now she will my partial power upbraid , If , alienate from Greece , I give the Trojans aid . But thou depart , and shun her jealous sight , The care be mine ...
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To John Hoddesdon on his Divine Epigrams I | 1 |
Astraea Redux | 9 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 177 |
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