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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... pounds each ; to six other daughters eighty pounds each ; to his son Erasmus one hun- dred pounds , and to his younger sons , Henry and James , eighty pounds each : making in the whole the sum of twelve hundred and forty pounds . From ...
... pounds each ; to six other daughters eighty pounds each ; to his son Erasmus one hun- dred pounds , and to his younger sons , Henry and James , eighty pounds each : making in the whole the sum of twelve hundred and forty pounds . From ...
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... 13 , 1656-7 , ( proved Nov. 11 , 1658 , ) left her a very large portion for that time , two thousand five hun dred pounds . She all her life remained single . now extant , and is intermingled with verse , the 24 THE LIFE OF.
... 13 , 1656-7 , ( proved Nov. 11 , 1658 , ) left her a very large portion for that time , two thousand five hun dred pounds . She all her life remained single . now extant , and is intermingled with verse , the 24 THE LIFE OF.
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... pounds for the grant , it was not lightly to be parted with . A scheme , therefore , of cre- ating Baronets of Scotland was devised , which , it was conceived , would be no infraction of the original com- pact to confine the grants to a ...
... pounds for the grant , it was not lightly to be parted with . A scheme , therefore , of cre- ating Baronets of Scotland was devised , which , it was conceived , would be no infraction of the original com- pact to confine the grants to a ...
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... pounds a year . With respect to the num- ber of plays stipulated to be written , there is a great variation of statement in this as in almost all traditional tales ; nor would it have been easy to find out the truth , were it not for an ...
... pounds a year . With respect to the num- ber of plays stipulated to be written , there is a great variation of statement in this as in almost all traditional tales ; nor would it have been easy to find out the truth , were it not for an ...
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... have produced more than sixty pounds a year , the theatrical season being usually about thirty weeks . Etherege , Lord Orrery , Otway , Shadwell , Ravens- berlain about the year 1678. The reasoning upon this contract 72 THE LIFE OF.
... have produced more than sixty pounds a year , the theatrical season being usually about thirty weeks . Etherege , Lord Orrery , Otway , Shadwell , Ravens- berlain about the year 1678. The reasoning upon this contract 72 THE LIFE OF.
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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.