The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, Nide 1Harper & Brothers, 1859 |
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Sivu iv
... reason- ing of Johnson . Silence is a privation ; and yet the poets give it an active influence and power over the mind - Simul ipsa silentia ter- rent - are the words of one whose exquisite pro- priety of expression and correctness of ...
... reason- ing of Johnson . Silence is a privation ; and yet the poets give it an active influence and power over the mind - Simul ipsa silentia ter- rent - are the words of one whose exquisite pro- priety of expression and correctness of ...
Sivu ix
... reason of Mr. Bayes changing his religion Second Part , 1690 , p . 11. You poets ought to be ex . cused for being witty now and then upon those who are got into the oval of matrimony ; for either you are plagued with an odd sort of ...
... reason of Mr. Bayes changing his religion Second Part , 1690 , p . 11. You poets ought to be ex . cused for being witty now and then upon those who are got into the oval of matrimony ; for either you are plagued with an odd sort of ...
Sivu x
... reason ; many years after • The whole dispute arranges itself thus : 1. Dryden in dedication to Lord Orrery , defended dramatic rhyme . 2. Sir R. Howard in Pref . to his plays , censured the opinion . 3. Dryden in Dial . on Dram ...
... reason ; many years after • The whole dispute arranges itself thus : 1. Dryden in dedication to Lord Orrery , defended dramatic rhyme . 2. Sir R. Howard in Pref . to his plays , censured the opinion . 3. Dryden in Dial . on Dram ...
Sivu xvi
... reason for their capricious condemnation . Perhaps the absurd scene in which the prince pretends a fit of the colic had some share in the fate of the piece . To this I should add , that though in the two first acts there is much smart ...
... reason for their capricious condemnation . Perhaps the absurd scene in which the prince pretends a fit of the colic had some share in the fate of the piece . To this I should add , that though in the two first acts there is much smart ...
Sivu xviii
... Reason of Mr. Bayes for changing his Religion , ' there is much amusing banter on the subject of Eve in . Dryden's play , discoursing of flames , darts , transports , the performances of lovers , and the fatality of matri mony . for ...
... Reason of Mr. Bayes for changing his Religion , ' there is much amusing banter on the subject of Eve in . Dryden's play , discoursing of flames , darts , transports , the performances of lovers , and the fatality of matri mony . for ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Arcite arms bear beauty behold betwixt blood breast call'd Chaucer Cinyras coursers court crime crowd death design'd Dryden Duke Duke of York e'en earth eyes face fair fame fate father fear fight fire flames foes fool forc'd give gods grace hand happy hast head heart heaven honour Jebusites JOHN DRYDEN join'd Jove kind king lady laws light live lord lov'd Lucretius maid mighty mind muse nature never night noble numbers nymph o'er once Orig Ovid pain Palamon Persius Pindar Pirithous plain play pleas'd poem poet poetry praise Priam prince queen rage rais'd reign rest rhyme royal sacred satire SATIRE OF JUVENAL seas seem'd Sejanus sense sight sire soul stood sweet tears thee Theseus things thou thought translation turn'd verse Virgil virtue wife wind words write youth
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Sivu 141 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Sivu 141 - And, wondering, on their faces fell To worship that celestial sound. Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well.
Sivu 188 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes...
Sivu 129 - FAREWELL, too little and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mould with mine. One common note on either lyre did strike, And knaves and fools we both abhorred alike.
Sivu 328 - I take imitation of an author, in their sense, to be an endeavour of a later poet to write like one who has written before him on the same subject; that is, not to translate his words, or to be confined to his sense, but only to set him as a pattern, and to write as he supposes that author would have done, had he lived in our age, and in our country.
Sivu 154 - Tis not the' poet, but the age is prais'd. Wit's now arriv'd to a more high degree; Our native language more refin'd and free. Our ladies and our men now speak more wit In conversation, than those poets writ.
Sivu 43 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Sivu 40 - And, never satisfied with seeing, bless : Swift, unbespoken pomps thy steps proclaim, And stammering babes are taught to lisp thy name : How long wilt thou the general joy detain, Starve and defraud the people of thy reign ; Content...
Sivu 41 - Believe me, royal youth, thy fruit must be, Or gather'd ripe, or rot upon the tree. Heav'n has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate: Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human will,) Our fortune rolls, as from a smooth descent, And, from the first impression, takes the bent: But, if unseiz'd, she glides away like wind; And leaves repenting folly far behind.
Sivu 195 - The design, the disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it: where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life, which is in the very definition of a poem.