Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... tell them that humour is the ridiculous extravagance of conversation , wherein one man differs from all others . If then it be common , or communicated to many , how differs it from other men's ? or what indeed causes it to be ...
... tell them that humour is the ridiculous extravagance of conversation , wherein one man differs from all others . If then it be common , or communicated to many , how differs it from other men's ? or what indeed causes it to be ...
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... tell you how much in vain it is for you to strive against the stream of the people's inclination , the greatest part of which are prepossessed so much with those excellent plays of Shakespeare , Fletcher , and Ben Jonson ( which have ...
... tell you how much in vain it is for you to strive against the stream of the people's inclination , the greatest part of which are prepossessed so much with those excellent plays of Shakespeare , Fletcher , and Ben Jonson ( which have ...
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... tell us , Crites , that rhyme appears most unnatural in repartees , or short replies : when he who answers ( it being presumed he knew not what the other would say ) yet makes up that part of the verse which was left incomplete , and ...
... tell us , Crites , that rhyme appears most unnatural in repartees , or short replies : when he who answers ( it being presumed he knew not what the other would say ) yet makes up that part of the verse which was left incomplete , and ...
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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