The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected: with Notes and Illustrations; an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Grounded on Original and Authentick Documents; and a Collection of His Letters, the Greater Part of which Has Never Before Been Published, Volume 3T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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Page 19
... admirable preface before the translation of the second Æneid : " Poetry is of so subtile 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 ...
... admirable preface before the translation of the second Æneid : " Poetry is of so subtile 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 ...
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... admirably raised by the prosopopeia of Nature , who is brought in speaking to her children with so much authority and vigour , deserve the pains I have taken with them , which I hope have not been unsuccessful , or unworthy of my author ...
... admirably raised by the prosopopeia of Nature , who is brought in speaking to her children with so much authority and vigour , deserve the pains I have taken with them , which I hope have not been unsuccessful , or unworthy of my author ...
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... admirable ANNIVERSARIES ; I have had the same fortune , though I have not suc- ceeded to the same genius . [ However , I have followed his footsteps in the design of his panegy- rick , which was to raise an emulation in the living to ...
... admirable ANNIVERSARIES ; I have had the same fortune , though I have not suc- ceeded to the same genius . [ However , I have followed his footsteps in the design of his panegy- rick , which was to raise an emulation in the living to ...
Page 69
... admirable talents , that of penetration is not the least . He generally dives into the very bottom of his authors ; searches into the inmost recesses of their souls , and brings up with him those hidden treasures which had es- caped the ...
... admirable talents , that of penetration is not the least . He generally dives into the very bottom of his authors ; searches into the inmost recesses of their souls , and brings up with him those hidden treasures which had es- caped the ...
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... admiration , but not with the same delight . He affects the metaphysicks , not only in his satires , but in his amorous verses , where Nature only should reign ; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of ...
... admiration , but not with the same delight . He affects the metaphysicks , not only in his satires , but in his amorous verses , where Nature only should reign ; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of ...
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