Johnson's Life of Dryden [ed.] by P. PetersonMacmillan and Company, 1899 - 185 oldal |
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14. oldal
... leave that employment altogether to the clergy , were to forget that religion was first taught in verse , which the laziness or dulness of suc- ceeding priesthood turned afterwards into prose . " Thus foolishly could Dryden write ...
... leave that employment altogether to the clergy , were to forget that religion was first taught in verse , which the laziness or dulness of suc- ceeding priesthood turned afterwards into prose . " Thus foolishly could Dryden write ...
16. oldal
... leave , ' etc. So sphere must not be sense , unless it relate to a circular motion about a globe , in which sense the astronomers use it . I would desire 30 him to expound those lines in Granada : I'll to the turrets of the palace go ...
... leave , ' etc. So sphere must not be sense , unless it relate to a circular motion about a globe , in which sense the astronomers use it . I would desire 30 him to expound those lines in Granada : I'll to the turrets of the palace go ...
18. oldal
... Leave months and weeks behind thee in thy race . " But surely the Sun , whether he flies a lover's or not a lover's pace , leaves weeks and months , nay years too , behind him in his race . " Poor Robin , or any other of the philo ...
... Leave months and weeks behind thee in thy race . " But surely the Sun , whether he flies a lover's or not a lover's pace , leaves weeks and months , nay years too , behind him in his race . " Poor Robin , or any other of the philo ...
25. oldal
... leave to tell you , that you are no hero . " King Arthur ( 1691 ) is another opera . It was the last work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to see it exhibited , and it does not seem to have been ever brought ...
... leave to tell you , that you are no hero . " King Arthur ( 1691 ) is another opera . It was the last work that Dryden performed for King Charles , who did not live to see it exhibited , and it does not seem to have been ever brought ...
34. oldal
... leave him to his Judge . The priests , having strengthened their cause by so power- ful an adherent , were not long before they brought him into action . They engaged him to defend the controversial 20 papers found in the strong box of ...
... leave him to his Judge . The priests , having strengthened their cause by so power- ful an adherent , were not long before they brought him into action . They engaged him to defend the controversial 20 papers found in the strong box of ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Albion and Albanius Alexandrine Almanzor Amphitryon ancient Annus Mirabilis appears audience Bayes called Cecilia's censure character Charles Charles Dryden Christie Christie's comedy Compare Congreve Conquest of Granada Cowley criticism Davenant death dedication defend dramatic Dryden wrote Duke Duke of Guise Earl edition elegant Elkanah Settle English Essay example excellence Fables favour funeral genius heroic honour Horace John Dryden Johnson Juvenal King King Arthur labour language letter lines Lord Love Mac Flecknoe means mind nature never occasion passage passions patron performance perhaps play poem poet poet's poetical poetry Pope praise preface produced Prologue published quotes reader reason reference religion remarks reputation rhyme ridiculed Rochester Rymer satire says Scott seems Settle Settle's sewed Shakespeare sometimes Sophocles soul stage stanza style syllables thought tion Tonson tragedy translation verse versification Virgil W. T. WEBB Waller words writing written Zebe
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116. oldal - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
145. oldal - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'cr-informed the tenement of clay.
80. oldal - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead ! Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony. This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
116. oldal - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
152. oldal - The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day...
85. oldal - A slimy-born and sun-begotten tribe ; Who far from steeples and their sacred sound, In fields their sullen conventicles found. These gross, half-animated lumps I leave ; Nor can I think what thoughts they can conceive. But if they think at all, 'tis sure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may aspire : Souls that can scarce ferment their mass of clay ; So drossy, so divisible are they, 319 As would but serve pure bodies for allay...
95. oldal - When he describes the Supreme Being as moved by prayer to stop the Fire of London, what is his expression? A hollow crystal pyramid he takes, In firmamental waters dipt above, Of it a broad extinguisher he makes, And hoods the flames that to their quarry strove.
177. oldal - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
47. oldal - ... suffers them not to speak till the time of speaking is past ; or whose attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled.
40. oldal - The Guardian Angels of Kingdoms were machines too ponderous for him to manage...