The Best of DrydenRonald Press, 1933 - 572 sivua |
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Sivu xii
... poet of the seventeenth century who aspired , as Dryden did , to greatness , was not permitted to close his mind either to the learning of the past or to the problems of his own day ; the poet , said Sid- ney , must be monarch of all ...
... poet of the seventeenth century who aspired , as Dryden did , to greatness , was not permitted to close his mind either to the learning of the past or to the problems of his own day ; the poet , said Sid- ney , must be monarch of all ...
Sivu 456
... poet with a little care might have redressed it . But they do it with no more justice than if English Poesy should be made ridiculous for the sake of the Water Poet's rhymes . Our language is noble , full , and significant ; and I know ...
... poet with a little care might have redressed it . But they do it with no more justice than if English Poesy should be made ridiculous for the sake of the Water Poet's rhymes . Our language is noble , full , and significant ; and I know ...
Sivu 486
... poet for their model , adore him , and imitate him , as they think , without knowing wherein he is defective , where he is boyish and trifling , wherein either his thoughts are improper to his subjects , or his expressions un- 100 ...
... poet for their model , adore him , and imitate him , as they think , without knowing wherein he is defective , where he is boyish and trifling , wherein either his thoughts are improper to his subjects , or his expressions un- 100 ...
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PREFACE | ix |
UPON THE Death of the LORD HASTINGS I | 4 |
TO MY HONORD FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD II | 11 |
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