John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 80
... Mil- bourne , to name an enemy , and John Oldmixon , to name an admirer , for " turning the Epick style into Elegiack . " Virgil's turn in the seventh Eclogue , Fraxinus in silvis pulcherrima , pinus in hortis , Populus 80 JOHN DRYDEN.
... Mil- bourne , to name an enemy , and John Oldmixon , to name an admirer , for " turning the Epick style into Elegiack . " Virgil's turn in the seventh Eclogue , Fraxinus in silvis pulcherrima , pinus in hortis , Populus 80 JOHN DRYDEN.
Page 134
... turn at the Popish Plot in the prologues to Lee's Caesar Borgia and Tate's Loyal General . Always there had been his audience at which he could rail . The most compendious method is to rail ; Which you so like , you think yourselves ill ...
... turn at the Popish Plot in the prologues to Lee's Caesar Borgia and Tate's Loyal General . Always there had been his audience at which he could rail . The most compendious method is to rail ; Which you so like , you think yourselves ill ...
Page 247
... Turn of it ; for the Power , and Variety , and Fullness of his Har- mony ; for the Purity , the Perspicuity , the Energy of his Ex- pression ; and ( whenever the following great Qualities were required ) for the Pomp and Solemnity , and ...
... Turn of it ; for the Power , and Variety , and Fullness of his Har- mony ; for the Purity , the Perspicuity , the Energy of his Ex- pression ; and ( whenever the following great Qualities were required ) for the Pomp and Solemnity , and ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
Copyright | |
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