The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1964 |
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Page 62
... Love , it preys upon his Life ; He pines , he sickens , he despairs , he dies , His Virtues and his Passions lie confus'd , And mixt together in so wild a Tumult , That the whole Man is quite disfigur'd in him . Heav'ns ! wou'd one ...
... Love , it preys upon his Life ; He pines , he sickens , he despairs , he dies , His Virtues and his Passions lie confus'd , And mixt together in so wild a Tumult , That the whole Man is quite disfigur'd in him . Heav'ns ! wou'd one ...
Page 66
... Love , to the Disadvantage of the other , which is acting accord- ing to Nature , for Love , like Ambition , can endure no equal , whereas in Cato , as we have seen above , a Lover pleads for his Rival . In Cato , Marcus knows nothing ...
... Love , to the Disadvantage of the other , which is acting accord- ing to Nature , for Love , like Ambition , can endure no equal , whereas in Cato , as we have seen above , a Lover pleads for his Rival . In Cato , Marcus knows nothing ...
Page 151
... Love . If he had been passionately in Love with the Daughter , I should think , he would have had more Respect for her , than so grosly to affront her Father , for no other Cause than his Paternal Tenderness , and his Endeavour to ...
... Love . If he had been passionately in Love with the Daughter , I should think , he would have had more Respect for her , than so grosly to affront her Father , for no other Cause than his Paternal Tenderness , and his Endeavour to ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
To the Spectator on Poetical Justice 1712 | 18 |
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