The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations ...J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - 368 sivua |
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Sivu xx
... heard our fa- mous Waller own , that he derived the harmony of his numbers from the Godfrey of Bulloign , which was turned into English by Mr. Fairfax . But to re- turn having done with Ovid for this time , it came into my mind , that ...
... heard our fa- mous Waller own , that he derived the harmony of his numbers from the Godfrey of Bulloign , which was turned into English by Mr. Fairfax . But to re- turn having done with Ovid for this time , it came into my mind , that ...
Sivu xxxvii
... heard ; I know not what answer they could have made ; for that reason , fuch tale shall be left untold by me . You have here a fpecimen of Chaucer's language , which is so obsolete , that his fenfe is fcarce to be understood ; and you ...
... heard ; I know not what answer they could have made ; for that reason , fuch tale shall be left untold by me . You have here a fpecimen of Chaucer's language , which is so obsolete , that his fenfe is fcarce to be understood ; and you ...
Sivu xxxviii
... heard the late earl of Leicefter fay , that Mr. Cowley himself was of that opinion ; who having read him over at my lord's request , declared he had no tafte of him . I dare not advance my opinion against the judgment of fo great an ...
... heard the late earl of Leicefter fay , that Mr. Cowley himself was of that opinion ; who having read him over at my lord's request , declared he had no tafte of him . I dare not advance my opinion against the judgment of fo great an ...
Sivu 4
... heard , and swam before To smooth the feas ; a foft Etefan gale But just inspir'd , and gently swell'd the fail ; Portunus took his turn , whose ample hand Heav'd up his lighten'd keel , and funk the fand , And fteer'd the facred veffel ...
... heard , and swam before To smooth the feas ; a foft Etefan gale But just inspir'd , and gently swell'd the fail ; Portunus took his turn , whose ample hand Heav'd up his lighten'd keel , and funk the fand , And fteer'd the facred veffel ...
Sivu 16
... heard ; and up he ran with hafte , To help his friend , and in his arms embrac'd ; And afk'd him why he look'd fo deadly wan , And whence and how his change of cheer began ? Or who had done th ' offence ? But if , faid he , Your grief ...
... heard ; and up he ran with hafte , To help his friend , and in his arms embrac'd ; And afk'd him why he look'd fo deadly wan , And whence and how his change of cheer began ? Or who had done th ' offence ? But if , faid he , Your grief ...
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againſt Arcite arms Baucis and Philemon becauſe befides beſt betwixt blood breaft caft cauſe Chanticleer Chaucer cloſe cry'd Cymon dame death defire earth eaſe ev'n ev'ry eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas fecond fecret feem'd feeming feen fenfe fent fhade fhall fhould fhun fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flames fome foon forc'd forrow foul ftill ftood fubject fuch fure fword grace heart heav'n himſelf honour huſband Jove juft king knight laft laſt leaſt lefs loft lord lov'd maid mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf numbers nymph o'er Ovid paffion pafs Palamon Pirithous pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet pow'r prefent prepar'd purſue racter reaſon refolv'd reft reſt ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpoke ſpread ſtill ſtood Synalepha Thebes thee Thefeus themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thro tranflation uſe Virgil whofe wife words wou'd youth
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Sivu xxxii - Tis true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine; but this opinion is not worth confuting; 'tis so gross and obvious an error that common sense (which is a rule in everything but matters of faith and revelation) must...
Sivu xxxi - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil...
Sivu xliii - tis in him to right Boccace. I prefer, in our countryman, far above all his other stories, the noble poem of Palamon and Arcite, which is of the epic kind, and perhaps not much inferior to the Ilias, or the JEneis.
Sivu xxxv - The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different educations, humours, and callings, that each of them would be improper in any other mouth.
Sivu xxviii - Both of them built on the inventions of other men ; yet since Chaucer had something of his own, as The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Cock and the Fox, which I have translated, and some others, I may justly give our countryman the precedence in that part; since I can remember nothing of Ovid which was wholly his. Both of them understood the manners; under which name I comprehend the passions, and in a larger sense, the descriptions of persons, and their very habits.
Sivu xl - ... when the reason ceases for which they were enacted. As for the other part of the argument, that his thoughts will lose of their original beauty by the innovation of words; in the first place, not only their beauty, but their being is lost, where they are no longer understood, which is the present case.
Sivu 211 - ... poesie is of so subtle a spirit, that in pouring out of one language into another, it will all evaporate ; and if a new spirit be not added in the transfusion, there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum...
Sivu xxxii - We can only say that he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius, and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace; even after Chaucer there was a Spenser, a Harrington, a Fairfax, before Waller and Denham were in being; and our numbers were in their nonage till these last appeared.
Sivu 19 - And know'st thou not, no law is made for love? Law is to things which to free choice relate; Love is not in our choice, but in our fate; Laws are but positive; love's power, we see, Is Nature's sanction, and her first decree.
Sivu 70 - Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind what happens let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to th' appointed place we tend ; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end.