The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected: with Notes and Illustrations; an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Grounded on Original and Authentick Documents; and a Collection of His Letters, the Greater Part of which Has Never Before Been Published, Volumen1,Tema 1T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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... copy , therefore , that Essay has been printed . In a Letter to his bookseller he mentions , that , previously to his Translation of Virgil being sent a second time to the press , he had spent nine days in reviewing it . As it was ...
... copy , therefore , that Essay has been printed . In a Letter to his bookseller he mentions , that , previously to his Translation of Virgil being sent a second time to the press , he had spent nine days in reviewing it . As it was ...
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... copy in the Museum ; one to Samuel Pepys , Esq . , from the original in the Pepysian Collection in Magdalene College , Cambridge ; one to Charles Montague , afterwards Earl of Halifax , from the original in my possession ; and sixteen ...
... copy in the Museum ; one to Samuel Pepys , Esq . , from the original in the Pepysian Collection in Magdalene College , Cambridge ; one to Charles Montague , afterwards Earl of Halifax , from the original in my possession ; and sixteen ...
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... copy of English as well as Latin The latter being short , I subjoin them : verses . Pax regit Augusti , quem vicit Julius , orbem ; Ille sago factus clarior , ille togâ : Hos sua Roma vocat magnos , et numina credit , Hic quod sit mundi ...
... copy of English as well as Latin The latter being short , I subjoin them : verses . Pax regit Augusti , quem vicit Julius , orbem ; Ille sago factus clarior , ille togâ : Hos sua Roma vocat magnos , et numina credit , Hic quod sit mundi ...
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... Copy of the Letter from his Excellency the Lord General Cromwell , sent to the Members of Parliament called to take upon them the trust of the government of this Commonwealth , which began on Monday the 4th of June 1653 - with the ...
... Copy of the Letter from his Excellency the Lord General Cromwell , sent to the Members of Parliament called to take upon them the trust of the government of this Commonwealth , which began on Monday the 4th of June 1653 - with the ...
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... copy of it , opens with the following lines , which I subjoin in confirmation of the fact stated above , and as a specimen of his Grace's genuine uncrutched poetry : knowledged by his contemporaries to have pos- sessed much good 36 THE ...
... copy of it , opens with the following lines , which I subjoin in confirmation of the fact stated above , and as a specimen of his Grace's genuine uncrutched poetry : knowledged by his contemporaries to have pos- sessed much good 36 THE ...
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Página 392 - 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?
Página 145 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes: How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will ! Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own.
Página 304 - And weltering in his blood; Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed; On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes.
Página xviii - They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid ; the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous : what is little is gay; what is great is splendid.
Página 257 - Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy! — Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
Página 62 - Neander, to be in company together; three of them persons whom their wit and quality have made known to all the town; and whom I have chose to hide under these borrowed names, that they may not suffer by so ill a relation as I am going to make of their discourse.
Página viii - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 154 - One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, (and I think I am poor enough to be one,) I would write a poem on such a subject in the following manner,' and then gave him the plan for it.
Página 140 - He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers...
Página 48 - Had we still paid that homage to a name, Which only God and nature justly claim ; The western seas had been our utmost bound, Where poets still might dream the sun was drowned; And all the stars, that shine in southern skies, Had been admired by none but savage eyes.