Memoirs of John DrydenA. & W. Galignani, 1826 - Всего страниц: 277 |
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... genius has done ho- nour to English Literature stands that of Dryden , who may claim at least the third place in the honoured list , and who has given proofs of greater versatility of talent than either Shakspeare or Milton , though ...
... genius has done ho- nour to English Literature stands that of Dryden , who may claim at least the third place in the honoured list , and who has given proofs of greater versatility of talent than either Shakspeare or Milton , though ...
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... genius , they sought the same road to poet- ical fame , by starting the most unnatural images which their imaginations could con- ceive , or by hunting more common allusions See his Life , prefixed to his Poems , 12mo . 1677 . through ...
... genius , they sought the same road to poet- ical fame , by starting the most unnatural images which their imaginations could con- ceive , or by hunting more common allusions See his Life , prefixed to his Poems , 12mo . 1677 . through ...
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... genius , can only be ascribed to the natural chastity of Milton's taste , improved by an earnest and eager study of the purest models of antiquity . But besides Milton , who stood aloof and alone , there was a race of lesser poets , who ...
... genius , can only be ascribed to the natural chastity of Milton's taste , improved by an earnest and eager study of the purest models of antiquity . But besides Milton , who stood aloof and alone , there was a race of lesser poets , who ...
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... genius have often sunk into unmerited obscurity . Such , in short , were his exertions in favour of Dryden , that , though we cannot believe he was indebted to Howard for those necessaries of life which he had the means to procure for ...
... genius have often sunk into unmerited obscurity . Such , in short , were his exertions in favour of Dryden , that , though we cannot believe he was indebted to Howard for those necessaries of life which he had the means to procure for ...
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... or doing literary drudgery for the bookseller . His own genius would probably have directed him to the am- bitious labours of an epic poem ; but for this the age afforded little encouragement . « Gon- dibert , 50 LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN .
... or doing literary drudgery for the bookseller . His own genius would probably have directed him to the am- bitious labours of an epic poem ; but for this the age afforded little encouragement . « Gon- dibert , 50 LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN .
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Стр. 22 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Стр. 161 - 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...
Стр. 14 - Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it ; it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow, now at least fifty years ago ; and the milk-maid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh, in his younger days. They were old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good ; I think much better than the strong lines that are now in fashion in this critical age.
Стр. 169 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Стр. 120 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Стр. 253 - Doeg, though without knowing how or why, Made still a blundering kind of melody; Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin, Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in...
Стр. 157 - ... one of the greatest, most noble, and most sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced.
Стр. 162 - Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the Sun When first on this delightful land...
Стр. 214 - They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid : the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid.
Стр. 119 - This last is indeed the representation of nature, but 'tis nature wrought up to an higher pitch. The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions are all exalted above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisimility.