Memoirs of John DrydenA. & W. Galignani, 1826 - 277 sidor |
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... stage for which they wrote . The drama , it is true , was the branch of poetry most successfully cultivated ; for it afforded the most ready appeal to the public taste . The number of theatres then open , in all parts of the city ...
... stage for which they wrote . The drama , it is true , was the branch of poetry most successfully cultivated ; for it afforded the most ready appeal to the public taste . The number of theatres then open , in all parts of the city ...
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... stage seems to have afforded the principal employment of the poets , there wanted not many who cultivated , with success , the other departments of Parnassus . It is only necessary to name Spenser , whose magic tale continues to ...
... stage seems to have afforded the principal employment of the poets , there wanted not many who cultivated , with success , the other departments of Parnassus . It is only necessary to name Spenser , whose magic tale continues to ...
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... stage where I now stand , I have brought you some fine biscuits , baked in the oven of charity , carefully con- served for the chickens of the church , the sparrows of the spirit , and the sweet swallows of salvation . » - « Which way ...
... stage where I now stand , I have brought you some fine biscuits , baked in the oven of charity , carefully con- served for the chickens of the church , the sparrows of the spirit , and the sweet swallows of salvation . » - « Which way ...
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... stage representations , which at once silenced the theatres , and their contempt for profane learning , which degraded the univer- sities , all operated , during the civil wars and succeeding usurpation , to check the pursuits of the ...
... stage representations , which at once silenced the theatres , and their contempt for profane learning , which degraded the univer- sities , all operated , during the civil wars and succeeding usurpation , to check the pursuits of the ...
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... stage had lost in . dramatic composition was , in some degree , supplied by the increasing splendour of deco- ration ... Stage . » > of civil war . The stage and court were al- LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN . 59.
... stage had lost in . dramatic composition was , in some degree , supplied by the increasing splendour of deco- ration ... Stage . » > of civil war . The stage and court were al- LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN . 59.
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Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 157 - ... one of the greatest, most noble, and most sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced.
Sida 162 - Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the Sun When first on this delightful land...
Sida 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.
Sida 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.