John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 31
... true flame . When Hobbes and Davenant separated Fancy from Judge- ment and sent it off to play alone , they ... true home was the house of Judgement , and his true game was the adult 77 • • game of common sense . But he was FALSE LIGHTS 31.
... true flame . When Hobbes and Davenant separated Fancy from Judge- ment and sent it off to play alone , they ... true home was the house of Judgement , and his true game was the adult 77 • • game of common sense . But he was FALSE LIGHTS 31.
Page 66
... true old enthusiastic breed , are perfectly tuned ; the vowels and the consonants , whether or not they were ... true fire of Dryden's genius will be found to burn . III THE TRUE FIRE HE ONLY qualities which Wordsworth could 66 JOHN DRYDEN.
... true old enthusiastic breed , are perfectly tuned ; the vowels and the consonants , whether or not they were ... true fire of Dryden's genius will be found to burn . III THE TRUE FIRE HE ONLY qualities which Wordsworth could 66 JOHN DRYDEN.
Page 222
... true for him that not all lines had the full ten syllables ; Speght had not guarded his final e's as must a modern editor . The passage in which Dryden surveys the field is too important not to be quoted : " The verse of Chaucer , I ...
... true for him that not all lines had the full ten syllables ; Speght had not guarded his final e's as must a modern editor . The passage in which Dryden surveys the field is too important not to be quoted : " The verse of Chaucer , I ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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