Poems and Prose of John DrydenPenguin Books, 1955 - 356 pages |
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Page 150
... never trouble us again . For amongst others , I have a mortal apprehension of two poets , whom this victory with the help of both her wings will never be able to escape . " " Tis easy to guess whom you intend , ' said Lisideius , and ...
... never trouble us again . For amongst others , I have a mortal apprehension of two poets , whom this victory with the help of both her wings will never be able to escape . " " Tis easy to guess whom you intend , ' said Lisideius , and ...
Page 168
... never attempted the other way . This is so plain that I need not instance to you that Aristophanes , Plautus , Terence , never any of them writ a tragedy . Aeschylus , Euripides , Sophocles , and Seneca , never meddled with comedy . The ...
... never attempted the other way . This is so plain that I need not instance to you that Aristophanes , Plautus , Terence , never any of them writ a tragedy . Aeschylus , Euripides , Sophocles , and Seneca , never meddled with comedy . The ...
Page 216
... never find the audience favourable to this kind of writing till we could produce as good plays in rhyme as Ben ... never equal them but they could never equal themselves were they to rise and write again . We acknowledge them our fathers ...
... never find the audience favourable to this kind of writing till we could produce as good plays in rhyme as Ben ... never equal them but they could never equal themselves were they to rise and write again . We acknowledge them our fathers ...
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