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Pàgina xii
... Dryden's critical work consists in its being the criticism of a poet and not a ' dull collection of theorems . ' Hence we reach the cardinal proposition , that the object of poetry is to gratify a particular taste : in a word , to ...
... Dryden's critical work consists in its being the criticism of a poet and not a ' dull collection of theorems . ' Hence we reach the cardinal proposition , that the object of poetry is to gratify a particular taste : in a word , to ...
Pàgina xxii
... Dryden , or the unapproachable com- parison of Dryden and Pope . Take , again , Johnson's know- ledge of the world , ' fresh from life , not strained through books , ' to repeat his own phrase . What sound and generous sense informs his ...
... Dryden , or the unapproachable com- parison of Dryden and Pope . Take , again , Johnson's know- ledge of the world , ' fresh from life , not strained through books , ' to repeat his own phrase . What sound and generous sense informs his ...
Pàgina xxvii
... Dryden , had been materially assisted by Temple , and had been urged on to undisputed triumph by the genius of Steele , Addison , and Swift . A standard of good , working , pliant , serviceable prose was supplied to the community ; and ...
... Dryden , had been materially assisted by Temple , and had been urged on to undisputed triumph by the genius of Steele , Addison , and Swift . A standard of good , working , pliant , serviceable prose was supplied to the community ; and ...
Pàgina xxix
... Dryden , and the third in the Savage . To refute the calumnies which criticism has heaped upon his style with the monotonous reiteration of an automaton , is , it may be hoped , unnecessary . But his detractors are invited to consider ...
... Dryden , and the third in the Savage . To refute the calumnies which criticism has heaped upon his style with the monotonous reiteration of an automaton , is , it may be hoped , unnecessary . But his detractors are invited to consider ...
Pàgina 40
... Dryden , in Mac Fleckase , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication til now , in the whole suc- cession of English literature . Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be inquired , it ...
... Dryden , in Mac Fleckase , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication til now , in the whole suc- cession of English literature . Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be inquired , it ...
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