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... writer , and he did much during forty years of writing , in poetry and in prose , to settle and improve the English language . Of poetical criticism he was a master ; and in an age which undervalued both , Shakespeare and Milton were ...
... writer , and he did much during forty years of writing , in poetry and in prose , to settle and improve the English language . Of poetical criticism he was a master ; and in an age which undervalued both , Shakespeare and Milton were ...
Page xxiii
... writing his small inherited income . Through life he wrote to ncrease his means , and to do this is no disgrace . According to the custom of the time , he might have received from Howard a present of money in return for his ...
... writing his small inherited income . Through life he wrote to ncrease his means , and to do this is no disgrace . According to the custom of the time , he might have received from Howard a present of money in return for his ...
Page xxix
... writing chiefly his own . The new " Tempest " can only be pronounced a debasement of Shakespeare's play to please an ill - judging audience . But Dryden himself duly valued the genius ... write three plays a year for MEMOIR OF DRYDEN . xxix.
... writing chiefly his own . The new " Tempest " can only be pronounced a debasement of Shakespeare's play to please an ill - judging audience . But Dryden himself duly valued the genius ... write three plays a year for MEMOIR OF DRYDEN . xxix.
Page xxx
... write for them , and for which he was paid beforehand , but they did also at his earnest request give him a third day for his last new play , called ' All for Love ; ' and at the receipt of the money of the said third day , he ...
... write for them , and for which he was paid beforehand , but they did also at his earnest request give him a third day for his last new play , called ' All for Love ; ' and at the receipt of the money of the said third day , he ...
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... write a dedication might be compared to the archer described in " Hudibras " as drawing his arrow to the head , whether it be a swan or a goose that is levelled at . * But this is a lame excuse for Dryden's abject adulations and servile ...
... write a dedication might be compared to the archer described in " Hudibras " as drawing his arrow to the head , whether it be a swan or a goose that is levelled at . * But this is a lame excuse for Dryden's abject adulations and servile ...
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Page 107 - Blest madman who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent or over civil That every man with him was God or Devil.
Page 234 - The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death; Insomuch, that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ.
Page 376 - Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.
Page 375 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Page 226 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 373 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 376 - Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Page 501 - Prioress and the broad-speaking gap-toothed Wife of Bath. But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing up before me, that I am distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow.
Page 98 - Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears Of arbitrary counsels brought to light, And proves the King himself a Jebusite.
Page 375 - Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen...