Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page 128
... sense indulged has made mankind their friend : This only doctrine does our lusts oppose , Unfed by nature's soil , in which it grows ; Cross to our interests , curbing sense and sin ; Oppressed without , and undermined within , It ...
... sense indulged has made mankind their friend : This only doctrine does our lusts oppose , Unfed by nature's soil , in which it grows ; Cross to our interests , curbing sense and sin ; Oppressed without , and undermined within , It ...
Page 147
... sense , And thence concluded that our sense must be The motive still of credibility . For latter ages must on former wait , And what began belief , must propagate . But winnow well this thought , and you shall find ' Tis light as chaff ...
... sense , And thence concluded that our sense must be The motive still of credibility . For latter ages must on former wait , And what began belief , must propagate . But winnow well this thought , and you shall find ' Tis light as chaff ...
Page 573
... sense of an author , generally speaking , is to be sacred and inviolable . If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant , ' tis his character to be so , and if I retrench it , he is no longer Ovid . It will be replied that he receives advantage by ...
... sense of an author , generally speaking , is to be sacred and inviolable . If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant , ' tis his character to be so , and if I retrench it , he is no longer Ovid . It will be replied that he receives advantage by ...
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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