The Poems of John Dryden ...Press of C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... least secure of being heard , whatever might be the final determination of the public . His first piece was a comedy called the Wild Gallant . ' He began with no happy auguries ; for his performance was so much disapproved , that he was ...
... least secure of being heard , whatever might be the final determination of the public . His first piece was a comedy called the Wild Gallant . ' He began with no happy auguries ; for his performance was so much disapproved , that he was ...
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... least happy ; and as his fancy was quick , so like- wise were the products of it remote and new . He borrowed not of any other : and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man . ' The effect produced by the ...
... least happy ; and as his fancy was quick , so like- wise were the products of it remote and new . He borrowed not of any other : and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man . ' The effect produced by the ...
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... least for some time , and he maintains it in the dedication of this play , that the drama required an alternation of comic and tragic scenes ; and that it is necessary to mitigate by alleviations of merriment the pressure of pon- derous ...
... least for some time , and he maintains it in the dedication of this play , that the drama required an alternation of comic and tragic scenes ; and that it is necessary to mitigate by alleviations of merriment the pressure of pon- derous ...
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... least , that such diligence with such abilities must have set penury at defiance . But in Dryden's time the drama was very far from that universal approbation which it has now obtained . The playhouse was abhorred by the puritans , and ...
... least , that such diligence with such abilities must have set penury at defiance . But in Dryden's time the drama was very far from that universal approbation which it has now obtained . The playhouse was abhorred by the puritans , and ...
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... least once suspected of writing more ; for , in 1679 , a paper of verses , called An Essay on Satire , ' was shown about in manuscript ; by which the Earl of Roches- ter , the Duchess of Portsmouth , and others , were so much provoked ...
... least once suspected of writing more ; for , in 1679 , a paper of verses , called An Essay on Satire , ' was shown about in manuscript ; by which the Earl of Roches- ter , the Duchess of Portsmouth , and others , were so much provoked ...
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