The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations ...J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English poetry |
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Page 53
... say ; And drove within his mouth the fiery death , Which enter'd hiffing in , and chok'd his breath . At Dryas next he flew ; but weary chance No longer would the fame fuccefs advance . But while he whirl'd in fiery circles round The ...
... say ; And drove within his mouth the fiery death , Which enter'd hiffing in , and chok'd his breath . At Dryas next he flew ; but weary chance No longer would the fame fuccefs advance . But while he whirl'd in fiery circles round The ...
Page 128
... ( says he ) is deprived of the greatest part of thofe machines ; at leaft the moft fhining in epique poetry . Though St. Michael in Ariofto feeks out Difcord , to fend her among the pagans , and finds her in a convent of friars , where ...
... ( says he ) is deprived of the greatest part of thofe machines ; at leaft the moft fhining in epique poetry . Though St. Michael in Ariofto feeks out Difcord , to fend her among the pagans , and finds her in a convent of friars , where ...
Page 139
... say in relation to this fubject , which does not particularly concern fatire , is , that the greatnefs of an heroick poem , beyond that of a tragedy , may eafily be discovered , by ob- ferving how few have attempted that work , in com ...
... say in relation to this fubject , which does not particularly concern fatire , is , that the greatnefs of an heroick poem , beyond that of a tragedy , may eafily be discovered , by ob- ferving how few have attempted that work , in com ...
Page 142
... says Cafaubon , had formerly done the fame , in the perfons of their pe- tulant fatires : but I am afraid he mistakes the matter , and confounds the finging and dancing of the fatires , with the ruftical entertainments of the firft ...
... says Cafaubon , had formerly done the fame , in the perfons of their pe- tulant fatires : but I am afraid he mistakes the matter , and confounds the finging and dancing of the fatires , with the ruftical entertainments of the firft ...
Page 232
... Say , in what nafty cellar under ground , Or what church - porch , your roguefhip may be found ? Answer , or anfwer not , ' tis all the fame : He lays me on , and makes me bear the blame . Before the bar , for beating him you come ...
... Say , in what nafty cellar under ground , Or what church - porch , your roguefhip may be found ? Answer , or anfwer not , ' tis all the fame : He lays me on , and makes me bear the blame . Before the bar , for beating him you come ...
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Page 263 - Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue.
Page 204 - ... him those manners which are familiar to us. But I defend not this innovation; it is enough if I can excuse it. For (to speak sincerely) the manners of nations and ages are not to be confounded; we should either make them English or leave them Roman.
Page 134 - I had intended to have put in practice, though far unable for the attempt of such a poem, and to have left the stage, to which my genius never much inclined me, for a work which would have taken up my life in the performance of it. This too I had intended chiefly for the honour of my native country, to which a poet is particularly obliged.
Page 134 - King Arthur conquering the Saxons, which, being farther distant in time, gives the greater scope to my invention; or that of Edward the Black Prince, in subduing Spain, and restoring it to the lawful prince, though a great tyrant, Don Pedro the cruel...
Page 105 - till all the matter gone The flames no more ascend; for Earth supplies...
Page 126 - ... words may then be laudably revived, when either they are more sounding or more significant than those in practice ; and when their obscurity is taken away, by joining other words to them which clear the sense, according to the rule of Horace, for the admission of new words.
Page 177 - Scaliger says, only shows his white teeth, he cannot provoke me to any laughter. His urbanity, that is, his good manners, are to be commended, but his wit is faint; and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid.
Page 125 - But Prince Arthur, or his chief patron Sir Philip Sidney, whom he intended to make happy by the marriage of his Gloriana, dying before him, deprived the poet both of means and spirit to accomplish his design.
Page 281 - That all things weighs, and nothing can admire : That dares prefer the toils of Hercules To dalliance, banquet, and ignoble ease.
Page 267 - Nothing of this ; but our old Caesar sent A noisy letter to his parliament. Nay, sirs, if Caesar writ, I ask no more ; He's guilty, and the question's out of door. How goes the mob ? (for that's a mighty thing,) When the king's trump, the mob are for the king : They follow fortune, and the common cry Is still against the rogue condemn'd to die. But the same very mob, that rascal crowd, Had cried Sejanus, with a shout as loud, Had his designs (by fortune's favour blest) Succeeded, and the prince's...