The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1943 |
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... spirit , clad in skins and glory , who sang from the inspired depths of a primitive soul ; the idea would have ... spirit nor easy graces of an original.156 The glory of Milton was that he had not copied other epics but had written a ...
... spirit , clad in skins and glory , who sang from the inspired depths of a primitive soul ; the idea would have ... spirit nor easy graces of an original.156 The glory of Milton was that he had not copied other epics but had written a ...
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... spirit cannot exist without surprise , and the best modern comedy provides surprise more success- fully than ancient comedy because it has greater variety in incidents , charac- ters , and style.168 The poet without originality is a ...
... spirit cannot exist without surprise , and the best modern comedy provides surprise more success- fully than ancient comedy because it has greater variety in incidents , charac- ters , and style.168 The poet without originality is a ...
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... Spirit lives in you ? XIV . An Essay upon Publick Spirit ( 1711 ) A. Excerpt concerning the opera . But of all the Fashions that have been introduc'd among us from abroad , none shews so deplorable a want of publick Spirit as the ...
... Spirit lives in you ? XIV . An Essay upon Publick Spirit ( 1711 ) A. Excerpt concerning the opera . But of all the Fashions that have been introduc'd among us from abroad , none shews so deplorable a want of publick Spirit as the ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
Appendix excerpts and miscellaneousContinued X From the Prologue to Gibraltar 1705 | 39 |
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