 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1886 - 832 oldal
...Qospel. t "I have frequently heard him (Dryden) own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for Enelish prose it was owing to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Til'.otson."— Congreve's Dedication of Dryden's Plays. Yet it was in these rustic priests,... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 584 oldal
...he had the best of the argument ; i Dryden is said to have " owned with pleasure that if he had iny talent for English prose it was owing to his having often read the writings of Archbishop Tillotsou." This is but a random compliment; Dryden showed his talent for English prose... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1882 - 528 oldal
...clearness imaginable, together with all the nobleness of expression ; all the graces and ornaments proper and peculiar to it, without deviating into the language or diction of poetry. I make this observation, only to distinguish his style from that of many poetical writers, who, meaning... | |
 | John Dryden - 1882 - 526 oldal
...clearness imaginable, together with all the nobleness of expression ; all the graces and ornaments proper and peculiar to it, without deviating into the language or diction of poetry. I make this observation, only to distinguish his style from that of many poetical writers, who, meaning... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 590 oldal
...the dignity of that sacerdotal office which was his single 1 " I have frequently heard him (Dryden) own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson." — Congreve's Dedication of Dryden's Plays. title to reverence. Having lived... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1901 - 252 oldal
...theological writer, made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1691. 109. " I have frequently heard him [Dryden] own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson." — Congreve's Dedication of Dryden' a Plays. 110. Dr. Eobert Saunderson (1587-1662).... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 420 oldal
...discourse3; and 1 Preface to Juvenal, vol. ii. p. 38, 1. 4. 2 See p. 168 below, and note there. 3 ' I have heard him frequently own with pleasure that...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson.' Congreve, Dedication of Dryden's Dramatic Works. there were others ; before... | |
 | John Albert Broadus - 1902 - 266 oldal
...Addisonian period, the transition is made by Tillotson, Macaulay relates that Dryden was frequently heard to "own with pleasure that, if he had any talent for...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson." But of this simplicity in arrangement and style we have long had numerous examples,... | |
 | Mary Jane Taber - 1904 - 452 oldal
...perfection. His style was practical, and remarkable for simplicity and clearness. Dryden declared, if he had any talent for English prose, it was owing to his having often read the writings of this great man. Tillotson asked the actor Betterton how it came about that, after he had written the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1905 - 184 oldal
...30 who had attained, or might reasonably expect to attain, * " I have frequently heard him (Dryden) own with pleasure that, if he had any talent for English...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson." Congreve's Dedication of Dryden's Plays. opulence and lordly rank, a party,... | |
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I have heard him frequently own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English prose, it was owing to his having often read the writings of the great archhishop Tillotson. 
