Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page 537
... better things without taking notice of them . Yet even this confirms me in my opinion of slighting popular applause , and of contemning that approbation which those very people give , equally with me , to the zany3 of a mountebank ; or ...
... better things without taking notice of them . Yet even this confirms me in my opinion of slighting popular applause , and of contemning that approbation which those very people give , equally with me , to the zany3 of a mountebank ; or ...
Page 573
... better judges that the praise of a translation consists in adding new beauties to the piece , thereby to recompense the loss which it sustains by change of language , I shall be willing to be taught better , and to recant . In the ...
... better judges that the praise of a translation consists in adding new beauties to the piece , thereby to recompense the loss which it sustains by change of language , I shall be willing to be taught better , and to recant . In the ...
Page 588
... better pleased with a zealous vindicator of Roman liberty than with a temporizing poet , a well - mannered court slave , and a man who is often afraid of laughing in the right place ; who is ever decent , because he is naturally servile ...
... better pleased with a zealous vindicator of Roman liberty than with a temporizing poet , a well - mannered court slave , and a man who is often afraid of laughing in the right place ; who is ever decent , because he is naturally servile ...
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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