Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page 559
... characters of persons are derived ; for indeed the characters are no other than the inclinations , as they appear in the several persons of the poem ; a character being thus defined , that which disting- uishes one man from another ...
... characters of persons are derived ; for indeed the characters are no other than the inclinations , as they appear in the several persons of the poem ; a character being thus defined , that which disting- uishes one man from another ...
Page 563
... characters likewise bear a part in the general calamity , if you consider the passions as embodied in them ; for it follows of necessity that no man can be distinguished from another by his discourse , when every man is ranting ...
... characters likewise bear a part in the general calamity , if you consider the passions as embodied in them ; for it follows of necessity that no man can be distinguished from another by his discourse , when every man is ranting ...
Page 618
... characters are distinguished by their several sorts of gravity : their discourses are such as belong to their age , their calling , and their breeding ; such as are becoming of them , and of them only . Some of his persons are vicious ...
... characters are distinguished by their several sorts of gravity : their discourses are such as belong to their age , their calling , and their breeding ; such as are becoming of them , and of them only . Some of his persons are vicious ...
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 |