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 34
... present age and with posterity . And now , my Lord , I know you are afraid lest I should take this occasion , which lies so fair for me , to acquaint the world with some of those excellencies which I have ad- mired in you ; but I have ...
... present age and with posterity . And now , my Lord , I know you are afraid lest I should take this occasion , which lies so fair for me , to acquaint the world with some of those excellencies which I have ad- mired in you ; but I have ...
Stran 36
... present , and in all alterations of their fortune , ) who for those reasons have stopped its farther appearance on the theatre ; and what- soever hindrance it has been to me in point of profit , many of my f friends can bear me witness ...
... present , and in all alterations of their fortune , ) who for those reasons have stopped its farther appearance on the theatre ; and what- soever hindrance it has been to me in point of profit , many of my f friends can bear me witness ...
Stran 51
... present you , together with the play ; in which , though I have not had the leisure , nor indeed the encouragement , to proceed to the principal subject of it , which is the words and thoughts that are suitable to tragedy , yet the ...
... present you , together with the play ; in which , though I have not had the leisure , nor indeed the encouragement , to proceed to the principal subject of it , which is the words and thoughts that are suitable to tragedy , yet the ...
Stran 57
... present writings , I draw a stroke over all those Dalilahs of the theatre , and am resolved I will settle myself no reputation by the applause of fools . It is not that I am mortified to all ambition , but I scorn as much to take it ...
... present writings , I draw a stroke over all those Dalilahs of the theatre , and am resolved I will settle myself no reputation by the applause of fools . It is not that I am mortified to all ambition , but I scorn as much to take it ...
Stran 60
... present liking , but not to fix a lasting admiration ; for nothing but truth can long continue , and time is the surest judge of truth . I am not vain enough to think that I have left no faults in this , which that touchstone will not ...
... present liking , but not to fix a lasting admiration ; for nothing but truth can long continue , and time is the surest judge of truth . I am not vain enough to think that I have left no faults in this , which that touchstone will not ...
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