The Works of John Dryden, in Verse and Prose: With a Life, Volumen1Harper, 1867 |
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... thought , quaint allusions , and unexpected combinations of remote images . His ideas are laboured , and his inventions curious . No marks are yet discovered of the luxuriance of early genius , or the overflow of a mind full of poetry ...
... thought , quaint allusions , and unexpected combinations of remote images . His ideas are laboured , and his inventions curious . No marks are yet discovered of the luxuriance of early genius , or the overflow of a mind full of poetry ...
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... thought ; but I think it successfully vindicated by the reason- ing of Johnson . Silence is a privation ; and yet the poets give it an active influence and power over the mind - Simul ipsa silentia ter- rent - are the words of one whose ...
... thought ; but I think it successfully vindicated by the reason- ing of Johnson . Silence is a privation ; and yet the poets give it an active influence and power over the mind - Simul ipsa silentia ter- rent - are the words of one whose ...
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... thought , having towards its excel- lence as well a happiness as care , and not only the luck and labour , but also the dexterity of thought , rounding the world like a sun with unimaginable motion , and bringing swiftly home to the ...
... thought , having towards its excel- lence as well a happiness as care , and not only the luck and labour , but also the dexterity of thought , rounding the world like a sun with unimaginable motion , and bringing swiftly home to the ...
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... thought and well expressed argu- ment was to compensate for the violation of all probability , and to excuse an infringement ever . on the laws of nature . † * Sir W. Scott justly says , that he has little doubt but that the heroic ...
... thought and well expressed argu- ment was to compensate for the violation of all probability , and to excuse an infringement ever . on the laws of nature . † * Sir W. Scott justly says , that he has little doubt but that the heroic ...
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... thought within the limits of the stanza . I hardly acknowledge the force of this objection , for it would apply to the versification of Fope which seldom runs beyond the narrow boundary of the couplet ; nor do I see why the Poet might ...
... thought within the limits of the stanza . I hardly acknowledge the force of this objection , for it would apply to the versification of Fope which seldom runs beyond the narrow boundary of the couplet ; nor do I see why the Poet might ...
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