The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations, Volume 4Rivington, 1811 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 73
... verses to her which if it had been Julia , he durft not have owned ; and , befides , an immediate punishment must have followed . He feems himself more truly to have touched at the caufe of his exile in those obfcure verfes ; Cur ...
... verses to her which if it had been Julia , he durft not have owned ; and , befides , an immediate punishment must have followed . He feems himself more truly to have touched at the caufe of his exile in those obfcure verfes ; Cur ...
Page 74
... verses , which were made by him in his youth , and recited publicly , according to the custom , were , as he himself affures us , to Co- rinna : his banishment happened not till the age of fifty from which it may be deduced , with ...
... verses , which were made by him in his youth , and recited publicly , according to the custom , were , as he himself affures us , to Co- rinna : his banishment happened not till the age of fifty from which it may be deduced , with ...
Page 77
... verses are golden , they are but patched into the garment . But our Poet has always the goal in his eye , which directs him in his race fome beautiful defign , which he first esta- blishes , and then contrives the means , which will na ...
... verses are golden , they are but patched into the garment . But our Poet has always the goal in his eye , which directs him in his race fome beautiful defign , which he first esta- blishes , and then contrives the means , which will na ...
Page 155
... verse a foot purloin'd . Who gave thee , boy , this arbitrary sway , On fubjects , not thy own , commands to lay , Who Phoebus only and his laws obey ? ' Tis more abfurd than if the Queen of Love Should in Minerva's arms to battle move ...
... verse a foot purloin'd . Who gave thee , boy , this arbitrary sway , On fubjects , not thy own , commands to lay , Who Phoebus only and his laws obey ? ' Tis more abfurd than if the Queen of Love Should in Minerva's arms to battle move ...
Page 156
... hexameters , remove , My verfe is pac'd and trammel'd into love . With myrtle wreaths my thoughtful brows in- clofe , While in unequal verse I sing my woes . FROM OVID'S AMOURS . BOOK I. ELEG . 4 . 156 OVID'S AMOURS .
... hexameters , remove , My verfe is pac'd and trammel'd into love . With myrtle wreaths my thoughtful brows in- clofe , While in unequal verse I sing my woes . FROM OVID'S AMOURS . BOOK I. ELEG . 4 . 156 OVID'S AMOURS .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Æneid againſt alfo amongſt anfwer becauſe befides beſt betwixt breaft Cæfar Cafaubon caufe cauſe crime defign defire Ennius Ev'n ev'ry eyes fafely faid fame fate fatire fear feas fecond fecret fecure feems fenfe fent fhall fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flave fome fometimes foul ftill fubject fuch fure fword give gods Grecian himſelf Horace huſband inftruction Jove juft Juvenal king laft leaſt lefs Livius Andronicus loft lord Lucilius mafter moft moſt mufe muft muſt numbers o'er obfcure obferve occafion Ovid Pacuvius paffage paffions Perfius perfons pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe prefent Quintilian raiſe reafon reft rife Roman Rome Satire SATIRE OF JUVENAL Sejanus ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflation underſtand uſed verfe verſe vices Virgil WARTON whofe wife words worfe write
Popular passages
Page 367 - Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue.
Page 84 - ... poesie is of so subtle a spirit, that in pouring out of one language into another, it will all evaporate ; and if a new spirit be not added in the transfusion, there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum...
Page 84 - No man is capable of translating poetry, who besides a genius to that art, is not a master both of his author's language, and of his own. Nor must we understand the language only of the poet, but his particular turn of thoughts and expression, which are the characters that distinguish, and as it were individuate, him from all other writers.
Page 323 - Scarce can our Fields, such Crowds at Tyburn die, With Hemp the Gallows and the Fleet supply. Propose your Schemes, ye Senatorian Band, Whose Ways and Means support the sinking Land; Lest Ropes be wanting in the tempting Spring, To rig another Convoy for the K[in]g.
Page 256 - How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!
Page 275 - Homer, whose age had not arrived to that fineness, I found in him a true sublimity, lofty thoughts, which were clothed with admirable Grecisms, and ancient words, which he had been digging from the mines of Chaucer and Spenser, and which, with all their rusticity, had somewhat of venerable in them. But I found not there neither that for which I looked.
Page 380 - Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain, " Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
Page 51 - On four feet imitates his brother beast: By slow degrees he gathers from the ground His legs, and to the rolling chair is bound; Then walks alone; a horseman now become, He rides a stick, and travels round the room.
Page 181 - The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets; and yet both of them are liable to many censures.
Page 96 - Nor has my love made any coxcomb vain. Your boldnefs I with admiration fee ; What hope had you to gain a queen like me...