John DrydenHarold Bloom Chelsea House, 1987 - 234 pages A collection of twelve critical essays on the work of Dryden, arranged in chronological order of original publication. |
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... soul ; and , as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky , Not light us here , so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent , not to assure our doubtful way , But guide us upward to a better day . And as those nightly tapers disappear ...
... soul ; and , as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky , Not light us here , so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent , not to assure our doubtful way , But guide us upward to a better day . And as those nightly tapers disappear ...
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... soul ; and then he starts out wide , And bounds into a vice , that bears him far From his first course , and plunges him in ills : But , when his danger makes him find his fault , Quick to observe , and full of sharp remorse , He ...
... soul ; and then he starts out wide , And bounds into a vice , that bears him far From his first course , and plunges him in ills : But , when his danger makes him find his fault , Quick to observe , and full of sharp remorse , He ...
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... soul of Chaucer was transfused into his body ; and that he was begotten by him two hundred years after his decease . " Dryden here returns to an idea he had already ex- pressed in the " Ode on Mrs. Killigrew " ( 1685 ) , where yet ...
... soul of Chaucer was transfused into his body ; and that he was begotten by him two hundred years after his decease . " Dryden here returns to an idea he had already ex- pressed in the " Ode on Mrs. Killigrew " ( 1685 ) , where yet ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
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