The Poems of John Dryden: 1686-1693Longman, 1995 - 492 sidor John Dryden was the greatest writer of Restoration England. These volumes are the third and fourth volumes in a five-volume edition of Dryden's poems and result from a complete reappraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The modernised text has been prepared from a fresh examination of the early printed editions and takes account of the large number of manuscript copies which survived. These volumes cover the poems which Dryden published between 1686-1696. This was a decade which saw the completion of his work of Catholic apologetics, The Hindand the Panther, the major translations from Juvenal and Persius, and his return to the stage after the Revolution of 1688-9 deprived him of the laureateship. Throughout these two new volumes Dryden's language is glossed in unprecedented detail, revealing the poetic precision of his vocabulary. Together with volumes one and two they offer the most informative and accessible edition of Dryden's poetry and provide an invaluable resource for students of Restoratation culture. |
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... virtue ] strength or power to live a good life ( OED 9c ) . The Articles of Religion say that through sacraments such as the eucharist , God ' doth work invisibly in us , and doth not only quicken , but also strengthen and confirm our ...
... virtue shared by all . Some kings the name of conquerors have assumed , 340 Some to be great , some to be gods presumed ; But boundless power , and arbitrary lust 345 Made tyrants still abhor the name of just ; They shunned the praise ...
... virtues we recite , ' Tis like the Milky Way , all over bright . } But sown so thick with stars , ' tis undistinguished light . Her virtue , not her virtues , let us call , For one heroic comprehends ' em all : One , as a constellation ...
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