Lives of the English Sacred Poets, Volumen 2Parker, 1839 - 376 páginas |
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... Dryden transmitted the name of Shirley to the contempt of posterity ; and we have seen Pope and Butler embalming Quarles and Wither for perpetual disgrace . But as the dramatist has risen from the scorn of Dryden , so Quarles and his ...
... Dryden transmitted the name of Shirley to the contempt of posterity ; and we have seen Pope and Butler embalming Quarles and Wither for perpetual disgrace . But as the dramatist has risen from the scorn of Dryden , so Quarles and his ...
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... Dryden a model of poetic excellence , was not likely to appreciate the delicate beauty of a poem addressing itself peculiarly to the imagination ; he could admire the strength of a poet's wing , but cared little for its colours . During ...
... Dryden a model of poetic excellence , was not likely to appreciate the delicate beauty of a poem addressing itself peculiarly to the imagination ; he could admire the strength of a poet's wing , but cared little for its colours . During ...
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... Dryden . His pictures of manners are drawn with a firm and happy pencil ; and the well - known sketch of an old mansion deserted , combines the hard reality of Crabbe with a deeper tone of colouring , and a more affecting pensiveness of ...
... Dryden . His pictures of manners are drawn with a firm and happy pencil ; and the well - known sketch of an old mansion deserted , combines the hard reality of Crabbe with a deeper tone of colouring , and a more affecting pensiveness of ...
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... Dryden , pronounced it one of the greatest , most noble , and most sublime poems , which any age or nation had produced . This enthusiastic tribute was not bestowed until after Milton's death , but that circumstance only testifies more ...
... Dryden , pronounced it one of the greatest , most noble , and most sublime poems , which any age or nation had produced . This enthusiastic tribute was not bestowed until after Milton's death , but that circumstance only testifies more ...
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... soon led him to throw off his allegiance to that perverse yet powerful writer . Dryden he thought a good rhymer , but no poet . His genius was not of an * Richardson . order to excite the sympathy of Milton , and none JOHN MILTON . 57.
... soon led him to throw off his allegiance to that perverse yet powerful writer . Dryden he thought a good rhymer , but no poet . His genius was not of an * Richardson . order to excite the sympathy of Milton , and none JOHN MILTON . 57.
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