John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 130
... Restoration performances in this kind , with his pungent reflections on the tastes of the pit and his cavalier trick of speaking of his Muse as his mistress ; but Etherege wrote little at the most . Outside of Dryden the best Restoration ...
... Restoration performances in this kind , with his pungent reflections on the tastes of the pit and his cavalier trick of speaking of his Muse as his mistress ; but Etherege wrote little at the most . Outside of Dryden the best Restoration ...
Page 176
... Restoration there had come into being an excellent body of sweet and simple secular airs with just enough strains of the older , more intricate harmonies lingering in them to remind of the golden age . Even in church and chamber music ...
... Restoration there had come into being an excellent body of sweet and simple secular airs with just enough strains of the older , more intricate harmonies lingering in them to remind of the golden age . Even in church and chamber music ...
Page 294
... Restoration , the , 110 , 129-30 Restoration music , 176-79 Retz , Cardinal de , 151 Revolution , English , 170 Reynolds , Henry , 113 Reynolds , Sir Joshua , 26 , 54 rhetoric - 294 INDEX.
... Restoration , the , 110 , 129-30 Restoration music , 176-79 Retz , Cardinal de , 151 Revolution , English , 170 Reynolds , Henry , 113 Reynolds , Sir Joshua , 26 , 54 rhetoric - 294 INDEX.
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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