Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... Homer many admirable things which were left untouched by Virgil , and from Virgil himself where Homer could not furnish him . Yet the bodies of Virgil's and Tasso's poems were their own ; and so are all the ornaments of language and ...
... Homer many admirable things which were left untouched by Virgil , and from Virgil himself where Homer could not furnish him . Yet the bodies of Virgil's and Tasso's poems were their own ; and so are all the ornaments of language and ...
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... Homer was violent , impetuous , and full of fire . The chief talent of Virgil was propriety of thoughts , and ornament of words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts , and took all the liberties , both of numbers and of expressions , which ...
... Homer was violent , impetuous , and full of fire . The chief talent of Virgil was propriety of thoughts , and ornament of words : Homer was rapid in his thoughts , and took all the liberties , both of numbers and of expressions , which ...
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... Homer were deficient in any of the former beauties ; but in this last , which is expression , the Roman poet is at least equal to the Grecian , as I have said elsewhere ; supplying the poverty of his language by his musical ear and by ...
... Homer were deficient in any of the former beauties ; but in this last , which is expression , the Roman poet is at least equal to the Grecian , as I have said elsewhere ; supplying the poverty of his language by his musical ear and by ...
Contents
A Defence of An Essay of Dramatic Poesy 1668 | 70 |
Preface to An Evenings Love 1671 | 90 |
Heads of an Answer to Rymer 1677 | 115 |
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