Masters of English LiteratureA.C. McClurg & Company, 1914 - 446 páginas |
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... satire was soon its most vital form . . . . Prose came nearer to living speech , it became more civil and natural and persuasive . " ... The prose of Dryden and Bunyan shows a simplicity and clearness which had been hitherto lacking in ...
... satire was soon its most vital form . . . . Prose came nearer to living speech , it became more civil and natural and persuasive . " ... The prose of Dryden and Bunyan shows a simplicity and clearness which had been hitherto lacking in ...
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... satiric conversation with his friends , and playing the organ and bass- viol . " In his gray coat , at the door of his house in Bunhill Fields , he sits on clear afternoons ; a proud , ruggedly genial old man , with sharp satiric ...
... satiric conversation with his friends , and playing the organ and bass- viol . " In his gray coat , at the door of his house in Bunhill Fields , he sits on clear afternoons ; a proud , ruggedly genial old man , with sharp satiric ...
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... satirist and poet , he falls short of the supreme gift which enables the seer to reveal a world of beauty and goodness to humanity . When Dryden was born Shakspere had been dead for fifteen years , and Ben Jonson had six years yet to ...
... satirist and poet , he falls short of the supreme gift which enables the seer to reveal a world of beauty and goodness to humanity . When Dryden was born Shakspere had been dead for fifteen years , and Ben Jonson had six years yet to ...
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... satires and fables as poems . But both the poems of Scott and the plays of Dryden are a great deal better than the average critic admits . " The Wild Gallant , the first of his comedies , appeared in 1663 , four years before the writing ...
... satires and fables as poems . But both the poems of Scott and the plays of Dryden are a great deal better than the average critic admits . " The Wild Gallant , the first of his comedies , appeared in 1663 , four years before the writing ...
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... satirical poetry . Of these three , Absalom and Achitophel is the most celebrated . It was published in November , 1681. To understand the sensation that the satire produced , one must remember that it appeared at a time when the nation ...
... satirical poetry . Of these three , Absalom and Achitophel is the most celebrated . It was published in November , 1681. To understand the sensation that the satire produced , one must remember that it appeared at a time when the nation ...
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