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... least possible that Dryden ori- ginally intended it for the subject of a proper heroic play , but startled at the effect of Bucking . ham's satire , hastily added to it some comic scenes , either lying by him or composed on pur- pose ...
... least possible that Dryden ori- ginally intended it for the subject of a proper heroic play , but startled at the effect of Bucking . ham's satire , hastily added to it some comic scenes , either lying by him or composed on pur- pose ...
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... least , to divide the fickle judgment of the town . In 1671 , Settle's play of Cam- byses , King of Persia , was acted for six nights successively ; his second , The Empress of Morocco , was performed with immense applause for a month ...
... least , to divide the fickle judgment of the town . In 1671 , Settle's play of Cam- byses , King of Persia , was acted for six nights successively ; his second , The Empress of Morocco , was performed with immense applause for a month ...
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... least to persuade the latter to throw down the barriers by which the Catholies were kept out of state employments . Dryden's poem appear- ed about a fortnight after the king's memorable declaration of indulgence was promulgated ; and if ...
... least to persuade the latter to throw down the barriers by which the Catholies were kept out of state employments . Dryden's poem appear- ed about a fortnight after the king's memorable declaration of indulgence was promulgated ; and if ...
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... least forty shil lings brass . Again , ' I expect 502. in good silver , not such as I have had formerly . I am not obliged to take gold , neither will I , nor stay for it , four and twenty hours after it is due . You always intend- ed I ...
... least forty shil lings brass . Again , ' I expect 502. in good silver , not such as I have had formerly . I am not obliged to take gold , neither will I , nor stay for it , four and twenty hours after it is due . You always intend- ed I ...
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... least consideration of profit in this address . ' A second letter follows , in which he thanks the earl , for the noble present which he received , he says , by the largeness of your present , I must conclude , that you considered who ...
... least consideration of profit in this address . ' A second letter follows , in which he thanks the earl , for the noble present which he received , he says , by the largeness of your present , I must conclude , that you considered who ...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volumen 1 John Dryden Vista completa - 1837 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Absalom and Achitophel Arcite arms bear beauty behold betwixt blood breast call'd Chaucer Cinyras coursers court crime crowd death design'd Dryden Duke Duke of York e'en earth eyes face fair fame fate father fear fight fire flames foes fool forc'd give gods grace hand happy hast head heart heaven honour Jebusites JOHN DRYDEN join'd Jove kind king lady laws light live lord lov'd Lucretius maid mighty mind muse nature never night noble numbers nymph o'er once Orig Ovid pain Palamon Persius Pindar Pirithous plain play pleas'd poem poet poetry praise Priam prince queen rage rais'd reign rest rhyme royal sacred satire SATIRE OF JUVENAL seas seem'd Sejanus sense sight sire soul stood sweet tears thee Theseus things thou thought translation turn'd verse Virgil virtue wife wind words write youth
Pasajes populares
Página 141 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Página 141 - And, wondering, on their faces fell To worship that celestial sound. Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well.
Página 188 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes...
Página 129 - FAREWELL, too little and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mould with mine. One common note on either lyre did strike, And knaves and fools we both abhorred alike.
Página 328 - I take imitation of an author, in their sense, to be an endeavour of a later poet to write like one who has written before him on the same subject; that is, not to translate his words, or to be confined to his sense, but only to set him as a pattern, and to write as he supposes that author would have done, had he lived in our age, and in our country.
Página 154 - Tis not the' poet, but the age is prais'd. Wit's now arriv'd to a more high degree; Our native language more refin'd and free. Our ladies and our men now speak more wit In conversation, than those poets writ.
Página 43 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Página 40 - And, never satisfied with seeing, bless : Swift, unbespoken pomps thy steps proclaim, And stammering babes are taught to lisp thy name : How long wilt thou the general joy detain, Starve and defraud the people of thy reign ; Content...
Página 41 - Believe me, royal youth, thy fruit must be, Or gather'd ripe, or rot upon the tree. Heav'n has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate: Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human will,) Our fortune rolls, as from a smooth descent, And, from the first impression, takes the bent: But, if unseiz'd, she glides away like wind; And leaves repenting folly far behind.
Página 195 - The design, the disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it: where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life, which is in the very definition of a poem.