Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1912 - 299 sivua |
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Sivu viii
... language . Master of a marvellously clear and forcible style , and with the power of making every detail tell , Dryden is here shown at his best , though the satires which followed- " The Medal " and " Mac- Flecknoe " —are scarcely less ...
... language . Master of a marvellously clear and forcible style , and with the power of making every detail tell , Dryden is here shown at his best , though the satires which followed- " The Medal " and " Mac- Flecknoe " —are scarcely less ...
Sivu xiv
... language which he there used exposed him to severe attack ; he found himself compelled in cold blood to make good assertions which he had flung out in hot blood ; and the " Defence of the Epilogue , or an Essay on the Dramatic Poetry of ...
... language which he there used exposed him to severe attack ; he found himself compelled in cold blood to make good assertions which he had flung out in hot blood ; and the " Defence of the Epilogue , or an Essay on the Dramatic Poetry of ...
Sivu 2
... language , because no other can so well express the nobleness of the thought ; and wish you may be soon called to bear a part in the affairs of the nation , where I know the world expects you , and wonders why you have been so long ...
... language , because no other can so well express the nobleness of the thought ; and wish you may be soon called to bear a part in the affairs of the nation , where I know the world expects you , and wonders why you have been so long ...
Sivu 13
... they must be all subservient to the great one , which our language happily expresses in the name of under - plots : such as in Terence's Eunuch is the difference and reconcilement of Thais and Phædria B 568 Dramatic Poesy 13.
... they must be all subservient to the great one , which our language happily expresses in the name of under - plots : such as in Terence's Eunuch is the difference and reconcilement of Thais and Phædria B 568 Dramatic Poesy 13.
Sivu 14
... language , which being so long dead , and only remaining in their books , ' tis not possible they should make us understand perfectly . To read Macrobius , explaining the pro- priety and elegancy of many words in Virgil , which I had ...
... language , which being so long dead , and only remaining in their books , ' tis not possible they should make us understand perfectly . To read Macrobius , explaining the pro- priety and elegancy of many words in Virgil , which I had ...
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