Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... Scornful Lady , which Dryden mentions in the following paragraph , was another of their collaborative works , first performed and published in 1616 . 1 you see the probability of every accident , in 36 LITERARY CRITICISM OF JOHN DRYDEN.
... Scornful Lady , which Dryden mentions in the following paragraph , was another of their collaborative works , first performed and published in 1616 . 1 you see the probability of every accident , in 36 LITERARY CRITICISM OF JOHN DRYDEN.
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... probability of it , as with any other thing in the play ? For my part , I can with as great ease persuade myself that the blows which are struck are given in good earnest , as I can that they who strike them are kings or princes , or ...
... probability of it , as with any other thing in the play ? For my part , I can with as great ease persuade myself that the blows which are struck are given in good earnest , as I can that they who strike them are kings or princes , or ...
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... probability that men of excellent and quick parts may speak noble things ex tempore : but those thoughts are never fettered with the numbers or sound of verse without study , and therefore it cannot be but unnatural to present the most ...
... probability that men of excellent and quick parts may speak noble things ex tempore : but those thoughts are never fettered with the numbers or sound of verse without study , and therefore it cannot be but unnatural to present the most ...
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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