The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing there- fore can be known beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwinkle near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden of ...
... genius , left his life unwritten ; and nothing there- fore can be known beyond what casual mention and uncertain tradition have supplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwinkle near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden of ...
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... genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Or the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept possession for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals , who sometimes prevailed , or the censure of ...
... genius , or to have much pleased himself with his own dramas . Or the stage , when he had once invaded it , he kept possession for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals , who sometimes prevailed , or the censure of ...
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... genius , by recommending his own performance : Lam sa- tisfied that as the Prince and General [ Rupert and Monk ] are incomparably the best subjects I ever had , so what I have written on them is much better than what I have performed ...
... genius , by recommending his own performance : Lam sa- tisfied that as the Prince and General [ Rupert and Monk ] are incomparably the best subjects I ever had , so what I have written on them is much better than what I have performed ...
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... genius of Dry- den could be reduced , between rage and terror ; rage with little provocation , and terror with little danger . To see the the highest mind thus levelled with the mean- est , may produce some solace to the consciousness ...
... genius of Dry- den could be reduced , between rage and terror ; rage with little provocation , and terror with little danger . To see the the highest mind thus levelled with the mean- est , may produce some solace to the consciousness ...
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... genius , and which it was won- derful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words could use without self - detestation . It is an attempt to mingle Earth and Heaven , by praising human excellence in the language of religion ...
... genius , and which it was won- derful that any man that knew the meaning of his own words could use without self - detestation . It is an attempt to mingle Earth and Heaven , by praising human excellence in the language of religion ...
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