The Best of DrydenT. Nelson and sons, 1933 - 572 sivua |
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Sivu xiii
... expression of the poet's characteristic mentality . We feel an exhilaration , both intellectual and aesthetic , in reading these compositions which , in the words of Dr. Johnson , " are the effects of a vigor- ous genius operating upon ...
... expression of the poet's characteristic mentality . We feel an exhilaration , both intellectual and aesthetic , in reading these compositions which , in the words of Dr. Johnson , " are the effects of a vigor- ous genius operating upon ...
Sivu xxviii
... expression is identical with capaciousness and vigor of thought . But as his mind was too curi- ous and active to rest satisfied with a one - sided dog- matic statement , even on subjects on which he had formed firm convictions , he ...
... expression is identical with capaciousness and vigor of thought . But as his mind was too curi- ous and active to rest satisfied with a one - sided dog- matic statement , even on subjects on which he had formed firm convictions , he ...
Sivu 40
... expression , and the smoothness of measure , rather than the height of 280 thought ; and in what I did endeavor , it is no vanity to say I have succeeded . I detest arrogance ; but there is some difference betwixt that and a just ...
... expression , and the smoothness of measure , rather than the height of 280 thought ; and in what I did endeavor , it is no vanity to say I have succeeded . I detest arrogance ; but there is some difference betwixt that and a just ...
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PREFACE | ix |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD HASTINGS | 4 |
TO MY HONORD FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD | 11 |
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