Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Том 3G. Bell and sons, 1890 |
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... Dryden , having perused these verses , said , “ Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denuncia- tion was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with his manu ...
... Dryden , having perused these verses , said , “ Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet ; " and that this denuncia- tion was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dryden . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with his manu ...
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... Dryden frequented , ' and pleased himself with having seen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that ...
... Dryden frequented , ' and pleased himself with having seen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that ...
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... Dryden's " Fables , " which had then been not long published , and were much in the hands of poetical readers , he was tempted to try his own skill in giving Chaucer a more fashionable appearance , and put " January and May , " and the ...
... Dryden's " Fables , " which had then been not long published , and were much in the hands of poetical readers , he was tempted to try his own skill in giving Chaucer a more fashionable appearance , and put " January and May , " and the ...
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... Dryden had , when he lived , been accustomed to preside . During this period of his life he was indefatigably dili- gent , and insatiably curious ; wanting health for violent , and money for expensive pleasures , and having certainly ...
... Dryden had , when he lived , been accustomed to preside . During this period of his life he was indefatigably dili- gent , and insatiably curious ; wanting health for violent , and money for expensive pleasures , and having certainly ...
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... Dryden , Denham , and Stephens , of a similar employment of the word . 2 Addison's paper in the Spectator appeared Dec. 20th , 1711 , six months after Dennis's pamphlet , which was advertised as " this day published " in the Daily ...
... Dryden , Denham , and Stephens , of a similar employment of the word . 2 Addison's paper in the Spectator appeared Dec. 20th , 1711 , six months after Dennis's pamphlet , which was advertised as " this day published " in the Daily ...
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