Poems and Prose of John DrydenPenguin Books, 1955 - 356 pages |
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Page 95
... common cause As not to lend the king against his laws ; And , in a loathsome dungeon doomed to lie , In bonds retained his birthright , liberty , And shamed oppression till it set him free.1 1. Sir Erasmus Driden ( d . 1632 ) , the common ...
... common cause As not to lend the king against his laws ; And , in a loathsome dungeon doomed to lie , In bonds retained his birthright , liberty , And shamed oppression till it set him free.1 1. Sir Erasmus Driden ( d . 1632 ) , the common ...
Page 171
... common language though rough cadence ; the✓ other gives us common thoughts in abstruse words . ' Tis true , in some places his wit is independent of his words , as in that of the Rebel Scot : Had Cain been Scot God would have changed ...
... common language though rough cadence ; the✓ other gives us common thoughts in abstruse words . ' Tis true , in some places his wit is independent of his words , as in that of the Rebel Scot : Had Cain been Scot God would have changed ...
Page 202
... common to more , and the more com- mon the more natural . To prove this , they instance in the best of comical characters , Falstaff . There are many men resembling him ; old , fat , merry , cowardly , drunken , amorous , vain , and ...
... common to more , and the more com- mon the more natural . To prove this , they instance in the best of comical characters , Falstaff . There are many men resembling him ; old , fat , merry , cowardly , drunken , amorous , vain , and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
PROLOGUE TO THE TEMPEST 1670 | 97 |
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY | 104 |
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Absalom ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL Achitophel ancients ARIMANT Aristotle arms AURENG-ZEBE beauty Ben Jonson betwixt blank verse blessed Chaucer CHAWN comedy crime Crites crowd crown cursed dare David death DIANET disdain Dryden Edmund Berry Godfrey EMPEROR English Eugenius ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fate father fear foes fortune French give grace hate heart heav'n honour humour INDAMORA Jebusites Jonson judgement kind King laws Lisideius live Lord Mac Flecknoe MELESINDA mind MORAT muse nature ne'er never NOURMAHAL numbers o'er Ovid pains passion peace pity play pleasure Plot poem poesy poet Popish Plot pow'r praise prince reason reign rhyme Sanhedrin satire scene sense Shadwell Shadwell's Shakespeare shun Silent Woman soul speak stage thee Thomas Shadwell thou thought throne Titus Oates tragedy truth twas Virgil virtue words writ write youth