The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, Tom 1 |
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Had we then a Dryden among us , to what heights must the subject have raised
such a writer ? With what sublimity of thought and expression , with what happy
elegance and variety of harmony would such a writer have adorned his subject ?
Had we then a Dryden among us , to what heights must the subject have raised
such a writer ? With what sublimity of thought and expression , with what happy
elegance and variety of harmony would such a writer have adorned his subject ?
Strona viii
... as the people best acquainted with the transactions , to which most of his
pieces relate , are almost all deceased , consequently the materials for such a
work are daily diminishing ; so that shortly these inimitable writings must have
remained ...
... as the people best acquainted with the transactions , to which most of his
pieces relate , are almost all deceased , consequently the materials for such a
work are daily diminishing ; so that shortly these inimitable writings must have
remained ...
Strona xiii
I THE L I I F E OF JOHN DRYDEN , Efq ; D RYDEN's universal genius , his firmly
established reputation , and the glory his memory must always reflect upon the
nation , that gave him birth , make us ardently wish for a more accurate life of him
...
I THE L I I F E OF JOHN DRYDEN , Efq ; D RYDEN's universal genius , his firmly
established reputation , and the glory his memory must always reflect upon the
nation , that gave him birth , make us ardently wish for a more accurate life of him
...
Strona xvi
It must be owned , the ridicule is in many places juft and striking , though Mr.
Dryden affects to treat it with great contempt , particularly in the dedication of his
translations from Juvenal and Persius to the earl of Dorset , see vol . iv , of this
edit . p ...
It must be owned , the ridicule is in many places juft and striking , though Mr.
Dryden affects to treat it with great contempt , particularly in the dedication of his
translations from Juvenal and Persius to the earl of Dorset , see vol . iv , of this
edit . p ...
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Men still had faults , and men will have them ftill ; He that hath none , and lives as
angels do , Must be an angel ; but what's that to you ? While mighty Lewis find the
pope too great , And dreads the yoke of his imposing feat , Our sects a more ...
Men still had faults , and men will have them ftill ; He that hath none , and lives as
angels do , Must be an angel ; but what's that to you ? While mighty Lewis find the
pope too great , And dreads the yoke of his imposing feat , Our sects a more ...
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