The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, Volume 4William Miller, 1808 |
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... fighting men . These monstrous fictions , however , con- stituted the amusement of the young and the gay * , in the age of Charles II . , and from one of these very books Dryden admits his ha- ving drawn , at least in part , the ...
... fighting men . These monstrous fictions , however , con- stituted the amusement of the young and the gay * , in the age of Charles II . , and from one of these very books Dryden admits his ha- ving drawn , at least in part , the ...
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... fighting warriors with their smiles , and coun- teract the powerful charms of the Moorish damsels . Nor is it an inferior fault , that , although the characters are called Moors , there is scarce any expression , or allusion , which can ...
... fighting warriors with their smiles , and coun- teract the powerful charms of the Moorish damsels . Nor is it an inferior fault , that , although the characters are called Moors , there is scarce any expression , or allusion , which can ...
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... fighting armies . But , I add far- ther , that these warlike instruments , and even their presentations of fighting on the stage , are no more than necessary to produce the effects of an heroic play ; that is , to raise the imagination ...
... fighting armies . But , I add far- ther , that these warlike instruments , and even their presentations of fighting on the stage , are no more than necessary to produce the effects of an heroic play ; that is , to raise the imagination ...
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... fight no more . Aga- memnon gives his character thus to Nestor ; ̓Αλλ ̓ ὅδ ̓ ἀνὴς ἐθέλει περὶ πάντων ἔμμεναι ἄλλων , Πάντων μεν κρατέειν ἐθέλει , πάντεσσι δ ̓ ἀνάσσειν . 11. a . v . 287 , 288 . and Horace gives the same description of ...
... fight no more . Aga- memnon gives his character thus to Nestor ; ̓Αλλ ̓ ὅδ ̓ ἀνὴς ἐθέλει περὶ πάντων ἔμμεναι ἄλλων , Πάντων μεν κρατέειν ἐθέλει , πάντεσσι δ ̓ ἀνάσσειν . 11. a . v . 287 , 288 . and Horace gives the same description of ...
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... fighting factions , when the authority of their lawful sovereign could not . This is indeed the most improbable of all his actions , but it is far from being impossible . Their king had made himself contemptible to his people , as the ...
... fighting factions , when the authority of their lawful sovereign could not . This is indeed the most improbable of all his actions , but it is far from being impossible . Their king had made himself contemptible to his people , as the ...
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