Poems and Prose of John DrydenPenguin Books, 1955 - 356 pages |
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Page 180
... person of our nation as a fault , for he says they commonly make but one person considerable in a play ; they dwell on him and his concernments while the rest of the persons are only sub- servient to set him off . If he intends this by ...
... person of our nation as a fault , for he says they commonly make but one person considerable in a play ; they dwell on him and his concernments while the rest of the persons are only sub- servient to set him off . If he intends this by ...
Page 191
... persons of a second magnitude , nay , some so very near , so almost equal to the first , that greatness may be opposed to greatness , and all the persons be made con- siderable not only by their quality but their action . ' Tis evident ...
... persons of a second magnitude , nay , some so very near , so almost equal to the first , that greatness may be opposed to greatness , and all the persons be made con- siderable not only by their quality but their action . ' Tis evident ...
Page 203
... persons , was the peculiar genius and talent of Ben Jonson ; to whose play I now return . ' Besides Morose , there are at least nine or ten different characters and humours in The Silent Woman , all which persons have several ...
... persons , was the peculiar genius and talent of Ben Jonson ; to whose play I now return . ' Besides Morose , there are at least nine or ten different characters and humours in The Silent Woman , all which persons have several ...
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