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6 " The three most eminent wits of that time , " ( says Burnet , speaking of the year
1668 , ) “ on whom all the lively libels were fastened , were the Earls of Dorset
and Rochester , and Sir Charles · Sidley . Lord Dorset was a generous good ...
6 " The three most eminent wits of that time , " ( says Burnet , speaking of the year
1668 , ) “ on whom all the lively libels were fastened , were the Earls of Dorset
and Rochester , and Sir Charles · Sidley . Lord Dorset was a generous good ...
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It has been said that Nell Gwyn first attracted the notice of her royal lover in
speaking the Epilogue to that play , under the pent - house of a liat as large as a
cart . whcel . As her son , the Duke of St . Albans , was born on the 8th of May ,
1670 ...
It has been said that Nell Gwyn first attracted the notice of her royal lover in
speaking the Epilogue to that play , under the pent - house of a liat as large as a
cart . whcel . As her son , the Duke of St . Albans , was born on the 8th of May ,
1670 ...
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elder Krise Lost , tells us , Milton , ) that he . com elder Richardson , speaking of
the tardy reputation of Paradise Lost , tells us , ( and the tale has been repeated
in various Lives of Milton , ) that he was informed by Sir George Hungerford , an ...
elder Krise Lost , tells us , Milton , ) that he . com elder Richardson , speaking of
the tardy reputation of Paradise Lost , tells us , ( and the tale has been repeated
in various Lives of Milton , ) that he was informed by Sir George Hungerford , an ...
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But one who had surveyed life with a still more penetrating eye than Dryden ,
speak . ing of that state on which he is so lavish of encomiums , has observed ,
that “ in general , even ill - assorted marriages are preferable to cheerless
celibacy .
But one who had surveyed life with a still more penetrating eye than Dryden ,
speak . ing of that state on which he is so lavish of encomiums , has observed ,
that “ in general , even ill - assorted marriages are preferable to cheerless
celibacy .
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Among these , however , could not have been enumerated any mischance likely
to befal him in his thirty - third or thirty - fourth year , that is , in 1698 or 1699 ;
because Dryden himself , speaking of the nativity which he had cast , assures his
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Among these , however , could not have been enumerated any mischance likely
to befal him in his thirty - third or thirty - fourth year , that is , in 1698 or 1699 ;
because Dryden himself , speaking of the nativity which he had cast , assures his
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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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