Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell: Astraea Redux; Annus Mirabilis; Absalom and Achitohel; Religio Laici; The Hind and the PantherClarendon Press, 1874 - 301 pages |
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... received from 1667 to 1672 a yearly income of from 300l . to 400l . a year . The King's Theatre was burnt down in 1672 , and the losses of the company then reduced Dryden's share of profits to about 2007. a year . His reci- procal duty ...
... received from 1667 to 1672 a yearly income of from 300l . to 400l . a year . The King's Theatre was burnt down in 1672 , and the losses of the company then reduced Dryden's share of profits to about 2007. a year . His reci- procal duty ...
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... received a substantial mark of royal favour . The two appointments of Poet Laureate and Histo- riographer Royal , which had been vacant , the one since the death of Sir William Davenant in 1668 , the other since the death of James ...
... received a substantial mark of royal favour . The two appointments of Poet Laureate and Histo- riographer Royal , which had been vacant , the one since the death of Sir William Davenant in 1668 , the other since the death of James ...
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... received by the people of London with acclamations , and a medal was struck by his friends in commemoration of his triumph . The sale of ' Absalom and Achitophel ' was so rapid that a second edition appeared within a month . The medal ...
... received by the people of London with acclamations , and a medal was struck by his friends in commemoration of his triumph . The sale of ' Absalom and Achitophel ' was so rapid that a second edition appeared within a month . The medal ...
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... received also in December 1683 the appointment of Collector of Customs in London , which may have been a profitable appointment . Various literary labours occupied the poet at this time . xxxiv BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
... received also in December 1683 the appointment of Collector of Customs in London , which may have been a profitable appointment . Various literary labours occupied the poet at this time . xxxiv BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
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... received on the stage , and Dryden now con- soled his young friend by some lines of condolence and com- pliment . He ascribed the want of success to the story and the absence of a favourite actor : - ' Yet those who blame thy tale ...
... received on the stage , and Dryden now con- soled his young friend by some lines of condolence and com- pliment . He ascribed the want of success to the story and the absence of a favourite actor : - ' Yet those who blame thy tale ...
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Page 92 - A fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 283 - They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Page lvi - But know, that I alone am king of me. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 285 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Page x - For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he is no longer esteemed a good writer; and for ten impressions, which his works have had in so many successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand.
Page 102 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 266 - And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived.
Page 103 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. 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. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert, Beggared by fools whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had...
Page 92 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 98 - And made for empire, whispers me within, Desire of greatness is a god-like sin. Him staggering so, when hell's dire agent found, While fainting virtue scarce...