The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 Seiten |
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... Dryden ; in the last of which he immediately found what he wanted , and the poems of that excellent writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his versification . The ...
... Dryden ; in the last of which he immediately found what he wanted , and the poems of that excellent writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his versification . The ...
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... Dryden , that when he was at Westminster school , the master , who has as- signed a poetical task to some of the boys of writing a paraphrase on our Saviour's miracle of turning wa ter into wine , was perfectly astonished when young Dryden ...
... Dryden , that when he was at Westminster school , the master , who has as- signed a poetical task to some of the boys of writing a paraphrase on our Saviour's miracle of turning wa ter into wine , was perfectly astonished when young Dryden ...
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... Dryden's opinion , is the most complete work of this kind which any nation has produced ever since the time of Virgil ; but this he said before Mr. Pope's Pastorals appeared . Mr. Walsh pronounces on our Shepherd's boy ( as Mr. Pope ...
... Dryden's opinion , is the most complete work of this kind which any nation has produced ever since the time of Virgil ; but this he said before Mr. Pope's Pastorals appeared . Mr. Walsh pronounces on our Shepherd's boy ( as Mr. Pope ...
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... Dryden's Mac Flecknoe ; but as it is more general , so it is more pleasing . The Dunciad is so universally read , that we reckon it superfluous to give any further account of it here ; and it would be an unpleasing task to trace all the ...
... Dryden's Mac Flecknoe ; but as it is more general , so it is more pleasing . The Dunciad is so universally read , that we reckon it superfluous to give any further account of it here ; and it would be an unpleasing task to trace all the ...
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... Dryden . With the two former it is un- natural to compare him , as their province in writing is so very different . Pope has never attempted the drama , nor published an epic poem , in which these two geniuses have so wonderfully ...
... Dryden . With the two former it is un- natural to compare him , as their province in writing is so very different . Pope has never attempted the drama , nor published an epic poem , in which these two geniuses have so wonderfully ...
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