Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page 256
... Italy with foreign whores : Hither their crooked harps and customs come ; All find receipt in hospitable Rome . The barbarous harlots crowd the public place : Go , fools , and purchase an unclean embrace ; The painted mitre court , and ...
... Italy with foreign whores : Hither their crooked harps and customs come ; All find receipt in hospitable Rome . The barbarous harlots crowd the public place : Go , fools , and purchase an unclean embrace ; The painted mitre court , and ...
Page 260
... Italy are known , Where none , but only dead men , 22 wear a gown : On theatres of turf , in homely state , Old plays they act , old feasts they celebrate ; The same rude song returns upon the crowd , And , by tradition , is for wit ...
... Italy are known , Where none , but only dead men , 22 wear a gown : On theatres of turf , in homely state , Old plays they act , old feasts they celebrate ; The same rude song returns upon the crowd , And , by tradition , is for wit ...
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... Italians , or Germans acknowledge at all , or very rarely , any such kind of poesy as blank verse amongst them ... Italian , and Spanish tragedies are generally writ in it ; and sure the universal consent of the most civilized parts of ...
... Italians , or Germans acknowledge at all , or very rarely , any such kind of poesy as blank verse amongst them ... Italian , and Spanish tragedies are generally writ in it ; and sure the universal consent of the most civilized parts of ...
Contents
Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings 37 | 3 |
Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell | 14 |
To Dr Charleton | 28 |
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action ALEXAS Ancients ANTONY appear arms bear beauty better cause characters CLEOPATRA comedy concernment court dear death DOLABELLA DORALICE Dryden English Enter eyes fate father fear fire foes follow force fortune French give hand happy haste hear heart Heav'n honour hope Italy judge kind king laws least leave LEONIDAS less live look lord lost manners means MELANTHA mind move nature never observed once pains PALAMEDE PALMYRA pass passions Persius persons pity play pleased plot poem poet poor praise prince raise reason rest RHODOPHIL rhyme Roman rule satire scene sense side soul speak stage stand sure tell thee things thou thought tragedy translation true turn VENTIDIUS verse virtue wife write young
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Elations: The Poetics of Enthusiasm in Eighteenth-century Britain Shaun Irlam No preview available - 1999 |