Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1912 - 299 sivua |
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Sivu ix
... greater John is really a survivor of " the mighty race before the flood " -Dryden is in all respects the most important figure in English literature during the second half of the seventeenth century . Here he merits special attention as ...
... greater John is really a survivor of " the mighty race before the flood " -Dryden is in all respects the most important figure in English literature during the second half of the seventeenth century . Here he merits special attention as ...
Sivu xii
... greater spirit in the writing " than are ever to be found on the French stage . 66 " " " Other matters are drawn into the argument , but these are the main points discussed . The result , as we have seen Dryden acknowledge , is left in ...
... greater spirit in the writing " than are ever to be found on the French stage . 66 " " " Other matters are drawn into the argument , but these are the main points discussed . The result , as we have seen Dryden acknowledge , is left in ...
Sivu xiv
... greater pre- Restoration playwrights as the high - water mark of English dramatic genius . This opinion he boldly challenged in the Epilogue to the second part of his " Conquest of Granada . " The rather reckless language which he there ...
... greater pre- Restoration playwrights as the high - water mark of English dramatic genius . This opinion he boldly challenged in the Epilogue to the second part of his " Conquest of Granada . " The rather reckless language which he there ...
Sivu 2
... greater reason , in addressing this Essay to your lordship , than that it might awaken in you the desire of writing something , in whatever kind it be , which might be an honour to our age and country . And methinks it might have the ...
... greater reason , in addressing this Essay to your lordship , than that it might awaken in you the desire of writing something , in whatever kind it be , which might be an honour to our age and country . And methinks it might have the ...
Sivu 5
... greater half of the globe , the com- merce of nations , and the riches of the universe : while these vast floating bodies , on either side , moved against each other in parallel lines , and our countrymen , under the happy conduct of ...
... greater half of the globe , the com- merce of nations , and the riches of the universe : while these vast floating bodies , on either side , moved against each other in parallel lines , and our countrymen , under the happy conduct of ...
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