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, Količina 2T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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Stran 14
... leave ; the like I have observed in Cleopatra . That which is wanting to work up the pity to a greater height , was not afforded me by the story ; for the crimes of love which they both committed were not occa- sioned by any necessity ...
... leave ; the like I have observed in Cleopatra . That which is wanting to work up the pity to a greater height , was not afforded me by the story ; for the crimes of love which they both committed were not occa- sioned by any necessity ...
Stran 16
... leave all reasonable men to imagine worse of them than of the poet . Honest Montagne goes yet farther : " Nous ne sommes que ceremonie ; la ceremonie nous emporte , et laissons la substance des choses ; nous tenons aux branches , et ...
... leave all reasonable men to imagine worse of them than of the poet . Honest Montagne goes yet farther : " Nous ne sommes que ceremonie ; la ceremonie nous emporte , et laissons la substance des choses ; nous tenons aux branches , et ...
Stran 17
... leave him any work ; so busy with the broom , and make so clean a riddance , that there is little left either for censure or for praise for no part of a poem is worth our discommending , where the whole is insipid ; as when we have once ...
... leave him any work ; so busy with the broom , and make so clean a riddance , that there is little left either for censure or for praise for no part of a poem is worth our discommending , where the whole is insipid ; as when we have once ...
Stran 21
... leave . * But while they are so eager to destroy the fame of others , their ambition is manifest in their concernment ; some poem of their own is to be produced , and the slaves are to be laid flat with their faces on the ground , that ...
... leave . * But while they are so eager to destroy the fame of others , their ambition is manifest in their concernment ; some poem of their own is to be produced , and the slaves are to be laid flat with their faces on the ground , that ...
Stran 28
... leave him to interpret this by the benefit of his French version on the other side , and without farther considering him than I have the rest of my illiterate censors , whom I have disdained to answer , because they are not qualified ...
... leave him to interpret this by the benefit of his French version on the other side , and without farther considering him than I have the rest of my illiterate censors , whom I have disdained to answer , because they are not qualified ...
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ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL acted action afterwards ALBION AND ALBANIUS amongst answer appears betwixt Bishop called catholick cause character church of England Cleomenes commendation confess conscience criticks crown death DEDICATION discourse dispute Dryden Duchess Duchess of York Duke of Guise Earl Elkanah Settle endeavour enemies English errours father favour fortune French friends give Henry the Third honour JOHN DRYDEN judge judgment King King of Navarre King's Lady lawful League learned least libel lived Lord Lord Rochester Lordship Majesty matter mean musick nature never observed opera opinion papists parallel parliament party person play pleased Plutarch poem poet poetry Pope popish Popish Plot praise Preface pretended prince protestant publick reader reason rebellion religion Roman Rome royal satire says scripture Shaftesbury shew supposed tell theatre thing thought tion tragedy Trajan translated true verses virtue words write written