The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. [With] The principal additions and corrections in the 3rd ed, כרך 21781 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 44
עמוד 3
... genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain tradition have fup- plied . JOHN DRYDEN was born Auguft 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle near Oundle , the fon of Erafmus Dryden of ...
... genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing therefore can be known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain tradition have fup- plied . JOHN DRYDEN was born Auguft 9 , 1631 , at Aldwincle near Oundle , the fon of Erafmus Dryden of ...
עמוד 8
... genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals who fometimes prevailed , or the cenfure of ...
... genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Of the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept poffeffion for many years ; not in- deed without the competition of rivals who fometimes prevailed , or the cenfure of ...
עמוד 11
... genius , by recommending his own performance : I am fatisfied that as the " Prince and General [ Rupert and Monk ] 66 are incomparably the best subjects I ever had , fo what I have written on them is " much better than what I have ...
... genius , by recommending his own performance : I am fatisfied that as the " Prince and General [ Rupert and Monk ] 66 are incomparably the best subjects I ever had , fo what I have written on them is " much better than what I have ...
עמוד 25
... meet nothing but fools and nonfenfe . " Such was the criticism to which the genius of Dryden could be reduced , between rage and terrour ; rage with little provocation , and and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest DRYDEN , 25.
... meet nothing but fools and nonfenfe . " Such was the criticism to which the genius of Dryden could be reduced , between rage and terrour ; rage with little provocation , and and terrour with little danger . To fee the highest DRYDEN , 25.
עמוד 43
... of Modena , then dutchess of York , in a strain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which it was wonderful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words , could ufe ufe without felf - deteftation . It is an at- DRY D E N. 43 .
... of Modena , then dutchess of York , in a strain of flattery which difgraces genius , and which it was wonderful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words , could ufe ufe without felf - deteftation . It is an at- DRY D E N. 43 .
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