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... piece fell into a state of oblivion , from which it may be believed that the author , who had seen a new light in politics , was by no means solicitous to recal it . His political anta- gonist did not , however , fail to awaken its me ...
... piece fell into a state of oblivion , from which it may be believed that the author , who had seen a new light in politics , was by no means solicitous to recal it . His political anta- gonist did not , however , fail to awaken its me ...
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... piece of vengeance , which has perhaps never been paralleled , except in the single case of " Love in a Hollow Tree . " * The motives of the Duchess of Marlborough , in reprinting Lord Grimestone's memorable dra- matic essay , did not ...
... piece of vengeance , which has perhaps never been paralleled , except in the single case of " Love in a Hollow Tree . " * The motives of the Duchess of Marlborough , in reprinting Lord Grimestone's memorable dra- matic essay , did not ...
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... piece written in 1673 , with the same kind intentions towards the States - General . Science , as well as poetry , began to revive af- ter the iron dominion of military fanaticism was ended ; and Dryden , who through life was at- tached ...
... piece written in 1673 , with the same kind intentions towards the States - General . Science , as well as poetry , began to revive af- ter the iron dominion of military fanaticism was ended ; and Dryden , who through life was at- tached ...
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... piece was composed in blank verse , not rhyme . In the course of the year 1661-2 , our author composed the " Wild Gallant , " which was acted about February 1662-3 without success . The beautiful Countess of Castlemain , afterwards ...
... piece was composed in blank verse , not rhyme . In the course of the year 1661-2 , our author composed the " Wild Gallant , " which was acted about February 1662-3 without success . The beautiful Countess of Castlemain , afterwards ...
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... piece , and his 1 poetical compliment , were hardly treated in a Session of the Poets , which appeared about 1670 . Nor did Sir Robert Howard , his associate , escape without his share of ridicule : " Sir Robert Howard , call'd for over ...
... piece , and his 1 poetical compliment , were hardly treated in a Session of the Poets , which appeared about 1670 . Nor did Sir Robert Howard , his associate , escape without his share of ridicule : " Sir Robert Howard , call'd for over ...
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Seite 170 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Seite 169 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Seite 311 - Thy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure, Hearken unto a Verser, who may chance Rhyme thee to good, and make a bait of pleasure : A verse may find him, who a Sermon flies, And turn delight into a Sacrifice.
Seite 313 - But, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
Seite 189 - His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought ; but, with the pudder he makes to bring it into the world...
Seite 123 - I boldly answer him that an heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true, or exceeding probable : but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, depending not on sense and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope for imagination.
Seite 447 - Of this kind of meanness he never seems to decline the practice or lament the necessity : he considers the great as entitled to encomiastic homage ; and brings praise rather as a tribute than a gift, more delighted with the fertility of his invention than mortified by the prostitution of his judgment.
Seite 111 - Poets like lovers should be bold and dare, They spoil their business with an over-care. And he who servilely creeps after sense, Is safe, but ne'er will reach an excellence.
Seite 8 - England* began first that language; all our ladies were then his scholars ; and that beauty in court which could not parley Euphuism...
Seite 473 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.