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At this time our author was patronised by the celebrated Barbara · It was acted
twelve days successively with great applause . Downes ' s Rosc . ANGL . p . 21 .
8 The following couplet in the same . Prologue , " " He would have wish ' d it
better ...
At this time our author was patronised by the celebrated Barbara · It was acted
twelve days successively with great applause . Downes ' s Rosc . ANGL . p . 21 .
8 The following couplet in the same . Prologue , " " He would have wish ' d it
better ...
Page 70
This , and all his other dramatick pieces , in which he alone was concerned ,
except three , ' were acted by the King ' s Company of Comedians , with whom he
probably was induced to engage in consequence of their being successively
under ...
This , and all his other dramatick pieces , in which he alone was concerned ,
except three , ' were acted by the King ' s Company of Comedians , with whom he
probably was induced to engage in consequence of their being successively
under ...
Page 93
lage ; but i play , with Hall , from the epilogue , was acted in 1667 . ' SIR MARTix .
MARALL was originally a mere translation from the French , made by William ,
Duke of Newcastle , and by him presented to our author , who revised and ...
lage ; but i play , with Hall , from the epilogue , was acted in 1667 . ' SIR MARTix .
MARALL was originally a mere translation from the French , made by William ,
Duke of Newcastle , and by him presented to our author , who revised and ...
Page 126
The second , which was The Express or Morocco , was acted for a month
together , and was in such high esteem both with the Court and Town , that it was
acted at Whitehall before the King by the gentlemen and ladies of the Court ; and
the ...
The second , which was The Express or Morocco , was acted for a month
together , and was in such high esteem both with the Court and Town , that it was
acted at Whitehall before the King by the gentlemen and ladies of the Court ; and
the ...
Page 127
Dennis , who was born in 1657 , went to Caius College in Cambridge some years
after The EMPRESS or Morocco was first acted , ' at which time he was at Harrow
school : his relation therefore in some measure must have been grounded ...
Dennis , who was born in 1657 , went to Caius College in Cambridge some years
after The EMPRESS or Morocco was first acted , ' at which time he was at Harrow
school : his relation therefore in some measure must have been grounded ...
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Page xviii - 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.
Page 143 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will, "Where crowds can wink and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own ! Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge.
Page 392 - He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page viii - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Page 481 - ... out of the country with one : however, in spite of my bashfulness and appearance, I used now and then to thrust myself into Will's, to have the pleasure of seeing the most celebrated wits of that time, who used to resort thither.
Page 134 - I have sent you herewith a libel, in which my own share is not the least. The king having perused it, is no way dissatisfied with his. The author is apparently Mr Dr[yden], his patron, Lord M[ulgrave,] having a panegyric in the midst.
Page x - To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them.
Page 179 - Tis enough for one age to have neglected Mr. Cowley and starved Mr. Butler ; but neither of them had the happiness to live till your Lordship's ministry.
Page 150 - tis for parents to forgive! With how few tears a pardon might be won From nature, pleading for a darling son!
Page 462 - He was of very easy, I may say, of very pleasing access ; but something slow, and, as it were, diffident in his advances to others. He had something in his nature, that abhorred intrusion into any society whatsoever.
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| Title | The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected ... Volume 1, Part 1 of The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected, Edmond Malone |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | H. Baldwin and Son, 1800 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Mar 2008 |
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