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 3T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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Stran 59
... lordship sees in the title , not for an elegy , but a panegyrick : a kind of apotheosis , indeed , if a heathen word may be applied to a Christian use . And on all occasions of praise , if we take the ancients for our patterns , we are ...
... lordship sees in the title , not for an elegy , but a panegyrick : a kind of apotheosis , indeed , if a heathen word may be applied to a Christian use . And on all occasions of praise , if we take the ancients for our patterns , we are ...
Stran 61
... lordship my testimony of being the best hus- band now living : I say my testimony only ; for the praise of it is given you by yourself . They who despise the rules of virtue both in their prac- tice and their morals , will think this a ...
... lordship my testimony of being the best hus- band now living : I say my testimony only ; for the praise of it is given you by yourself . They who despise the rules of virtue both in their prac- tice and their morals , will think this a ...
Stran 62
... lordship , that she is remembered in the present age by all who have had the honour of her con- versation and acquaintance ; and that I have never been in any company since the news of her death was first brought me , where they have ...
... lordship , that she is remembered in the present age by all who have had the honour of her con- versation and acquaintance ; and that I have never been in any company since the news of her death was first brought me , where they have ...
Stran 63
... Lordship's Most obedient servant , JOHN DRYDEN . * The practice of appropriating taxes to particular spe- cifick purposes , was a novelty at this time , having com- menced at the Revolution . CHARACTER OF M. ST . EVREMONT . ' I KNOW ...
... Lordship's Most obedient servant , JOHN DRYDEN . * The practice of appropriating taxes to particular spe- cifick purposes , was a novelty at this time , having com- menced at the Revolution . CHARACTER OF M. ST . EVREMONT . ' I KNOW ...
Stran 73
... lordship from your first appearance in the world , are at length accom- plished , from your obtaining those honours and 5 This Discourse was prefixed to a poetical translation of the Satires of Juvenal , by our author and others , pub ...
... lordship from your first appearance in the world , are at length accom- plished , from your obtaining those honours and 5 This Discourse was prefixed to a poetical translation of the Satires of Juvenal , by our author and others , pub ...
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