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 14William Miller, 1808 |
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Page 12
... passions behind them in the town . Then they are prepared for solitude ; and , in that solitude , is prepared for them , Et secura quies , et nescia fallere vita , As I began this Dedication with a verse of Vir- 12 DEDICATION.
... passions behind them in the town . Then they are prepared for solitude ; and , in that solitude , is prepared for them , Et secura quies , et nescia fallere vita , As I began this Dedication with a verse of Vir- 12 DEDICATION.
Page 13
... verse of Vir- gil , so I conclude it with another . The continuance of your health , to enjoy that happiness which you so well deserve , and which you have provided for yourself , is the sincere and earnest wish of Your lordship's Most ...
... verse of Vir- gil , so I conclude it with another . The continuance of your health , to enjoy that happiness which you so well deserve , and which you have provided for yourself , is the sincere and earnest wish of Your lordship's Most ...
Page 14
... verses addres- sed to our author , and by a translation of the Fourth Book of the Georgics , exclusive of the story of Aristæus . This last perform- ance is liberally commended by Dryden in the Postscript to Vir- gil . The following ...
... verses addres- sed to our author , and by a translation of the Fourth Book of the Georgics , exclusive of the story of Aristæus . This last perform- ance is liberally commended by Dryden in the Postscript to Vir- gil . The following ...
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... verse , and every where else abounds with metaphors , Grecisms , and circumlocutions , to give his verse the greater pomp , and preserve it from sinking into a plebeian style . And herein consists Virgil's master - piece , who has not ...
... verse , and every where else abounds with metaphors , Grecisms , and circumlocutions , to give his verse the greater pomp , and preserve it from sinking into a plebeian style . And herein consists Virgil's master - piece , who has not ...
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... verse . The reader is carried through a course of weather , and may be- forehand guess whether he is to meet with snow or rain , clouds or sunshine , in the next description . His descriptions , indeed , have abundance of nature in them ...
... verse . The reader is carried through a course of weather , and may be- forehand guess whether he is to meet with snow or rain , clouds or sunshine , in the next description . His descriptions , indeed , have abundance of nature in them ...
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