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It is remarkable, that Dryden fays of Donne, " He was the greateft wit, though not
the greateft poet, of this nation. Fontenelle and La Motte are entitled to the former
character ; but what can they urge to gain the latterpj Which of thefe characters is
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It is remarkable, that Dryden fays of Donne, " He was the greateft wit, though not
the greateft poet, of this nation. Fontenelle and La Motte are entitled to the former
character ; but what can they urge to gain the latterpj Which of thefe characters is
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At the head of thefe are Dryden, Prior, Addison, Cowley, Waller, Garth, Fenton,
Gay, Denham, Parnell. In the third clafs may be placed men of wit, of elegant tafte
, and lively fancy in defcribing familiar life, though not the higher fcenes of poetry.
At the head of thefe are Dryden, Prior, Addison, Cowley, Waller, Garth, Fenton,
Gay, Denham, Parnell. In the third clafs may be placed men of wit, of elegant tafte
, and lively fancy in defcribing familiar life, though not the higher fcenes of poetry.
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He used to declare, that if Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad, he would
not have attempted one after so great a master : he might have said with more
propriety, I will not write a mu$ic-ode* after Alexander's Feast, which the variety ...
He used to declare, that if Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad, he would
not have attempted one after so great a master : he might have said with more
propriety, I will not write a mu$ic-ode* after Alexander's Feast, which the variety ...
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We have there also preserved another, and an earlier.ode, of Dryden on this
subject; one stanza of which I cannot forbear inserting in this i*ote. It was feet to
music, 16&1, by I. Baptista Draghi. What passion cannot music'raise and quell ! r
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We have there also preserved another, and an earlier.ode, of Dryden on this
subject; one stanza of which I cannot forbear inserting in this i*ote. It was feet to
music, 16&1, by I. Baptista Draghi. What passion cannot music'raise and quell ! r
...
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And half unshealh'd the shining bladej , • yliich effects of the song, however lively,
do not equal the force and spirit of what Dryden ascribes to the song of his
Grecian artist : for when Ti- motheus cries out revenge, raises the furies, and calls
up ...
And half unshealh'd the shining bladej , • yliich effects of the song, however lively,
do not equal the force and spirit of what Dryden ascribes to the song of his
Grecian artist : for when Ti- motheus cries out revenge, raises the furies, and calls
up ...
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